From the author of the beloved New York Timesbestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Projectcomes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal. In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it’s falling… Continue reading Audiobook Reviews: Why Not Me? & Yes, Please
After his dad commits suicide, Will tries to overcome his own misery by secretly helping the people around him in this story made up of one hundred chapters of one hundred words each. Sixteen-year-old Will spends most of his days the same way: Working at the Dollar Only store, trying to replicate his late father’s… Continue reading Book Review: What I Leave Behind by Alison McGhee
Happy Saturday! I’ve totally fallen off the blogging boat lately. My parents were visiting for the past week and a bit, and I’ve not been doing much other than the bare minimum for work and hanging out with them. Now I’m back to it, and wondering how I’m ever going to get caught up. Anyway.… Continue reading Saturday Song: Quarter Past Midnight by Bastille
The past has a way of coming back to live in the present . . . Jake’s Father is an archeologist who is in Israel to complete a dig on King Solomon’s Temple. As an eighteen-year-old American, Jake is unwelcome by the people in the territory. Defending himself against the townspeople is a constant torment. … Continue reading Book Review: Smith by Sam B. Miller II
Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster. In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she’s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.… Continue reading Book Review: Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire. Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother,… Continue reading Audiobook Reviews: A Torch Against the Night & The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
I’m awful at keeping up with my TBR, so it just keeps growing and growing, and then I end up just reading the same books over and over and never actually getting to the books I’ve picked up along the way. So maybe if I make a public list, I’ll actually get around to some… Continue reading The TBR Pile – May 2018
