I’m always a sucker for a good love story. Emotional tension, pining, soft kisses in a rainy field, you know the vibe. So when I picked up Lights Out by Navessa Allen, I wasn’t expecting it to veer quite so hard into Fifty Shades territory. In fact, when my friend asked how the book was goin[...]
After finishing Our Wives Under the Sea, I sat with this lingering ache, the kind that comes from reading something that understands an emotion you’ve felt but could never quite put into words. I wanted to make sense of that ache, to find something else that echoed it into the words I couldn't pi[...]
Those black-eyed peas? They tasted alright to me! I found myself singing this line from The Chicks' song "Goodbye Earl" nonstop every time I closed this book. In all honesty, I chose to read this book based on that one reason: I love that song. I went into this book completely blind. Never read[...]
March felt like the absolute perfect time to center my reading around women. Women telling their stories and claiming space in every way possible. I truly didn’t go into the month with a solid plan, aside from knowing all books must center around women. And somehow, each book found its way to[...]
For such a short book, The Awakening gave me so much to sit with. I had more notes on this than any book I’ve read recently, and for very good reason. I’ve been meaning to reread this for years. It was originally assigned back in undergrad, but like a lot of assignments, we glossed right ove[...]
Will I ever be happy reading this? That's the exact question I asked my best friend (who loaned me the book) halfway through The Women by Kristin Hannah. Frankie McGrath’s journey was an emotional rollercoaster, to say the very least. I had no idea how much emotionally this book would take out of[...]