Book reviews and other bookish things
What I consumed in May 2026: books, movies, tv, music, and travel. Books: I read 14 books in May. My top reads were: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Fiction) The Intentions of Thunder by Patricia Smith (Poetry) Kin by Tayari Jones (Fiction) Solito by Javier Zamora (Memoir) I decided to finally watch The Summer I Turned Pretty, so …
© Breeana Dunbar Genre: Romantasy Published by: Ace Publish date: May 19, 2026 Number of pages: 432 pages Author’s website: https://www.keshe.com.au/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! Gwendolynne Chan just needs to get through her final year. At Seamere College of Magical Veterinary Sciences, she spends her days using her powers to heal companion animals while …
Nathan Bajar for The New York Times Genre: Literary Fiction Published by: One World Publish date: July 23, 2024 Number of pages: 224 pages Author’s website: https://www.instagram.com/karlarrrio Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to …
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Genre: Literary Fiction Published by: Marysue Rucci Books Publish date: September 23, 2025 Number of pages: 496 Author’s website: https://monaawadauthor.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samantha Heather Mackey, a lonely outsider student at a highly selective MFA program in New England, was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique …
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Lula King Photo & Film Genre: Memoir Published by: Pegasus Books Publish date: April 1, 2025 Number of pages: pages Author’s website: https://www.rachelphan.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! A warm and poignant narrative about finding one’s self amidst the grind of restaurant life, the cross-generational immigrant experience, and a daughter’s attempts to connect with parents …
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The Reindeer Readathon is an annual book reading challenge created by Erik from Breakevenbooks and runs Dec 1st to the 31st. I have linked his announcement on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8JWveNxrhw&t=83s The readathon includes prompts titled by the names of Santa's Reindeers and includes some bonus festive prompts. I participated last year on Team Candy Cane and …
I'm back with more memoir recommendations. This time they are graphic novels! I love graphic novels -- they are like more in depth/longer comics that tickle that visual part of my brain while also diving into some tough topics. If I can convince you to read anything, I hope it's one of these but especially …
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This was intended to go out in late October/ early November but life had other plans -- similar to the stories that I'll be recommending below. For me, memoirs have been an easy way to step my toe into the non-fiction reading space. Hearing a first person account of someone's life, has opened by eyes …
Rating: 3/5 Genre: Memoir A natural wine-soaked memoir about finding your passion -- and falling in love -- by the publisher of Pipette Magazine. It was Rachel Signer's dream to be that girl: the one smoking hand-rolled cigarettes out the French windows of her 19th-century Parisian studio apartment, wearing second-hand Isabel Marant jeans and sipping a glass of …
AKA how being obsessed with books has become more than just buying and borrowing books, but buying book-related merchandise as well. It's a problem. It's an obsession. Part 3 of this series will highlight one of my favorite bookish shops! Lauren of Bookshelf Tees creates the perfect sticker and clothing designs for the book-obsessed girlie …
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