Danzy Senna

Unconventional and ambitious, New People by Danzy Senna is exceptionally written, though I came away from it feeling very underwhelmed. I love a short book as much as the next reader, and I usually don’t face any issues regarding length, but in this case, New People needed to be longer. Its plot felt incomplete, its […]

On My Nightstand: December 2018

Finals week is here and I am dying inside. Add the holiday shopping stress and the fact that I am moving to Florida for the spring semester, and, no joke, I feel like my head is about to explode. But here is a list of books I want to read this month, because no matter […]

A Ladder to the Sky // John Boyne

After The Heart’s Invisible Furies became one of my favorite reads of 2018 (full list to come!), I was desperate to get my hands on a copy of A Ladder to the Sky. I could not put this book down; I read it in a day over a nice, long Thanksgiving weekend, more specifically Sunday, […]

Goodbye, Vitamin // Rachel Khong

Like my most recent read, Conversations with Friends, I devoured Goodbye, Vitamin in just two days, 190 pages and all. The novel, witty and endearing, with the subjective style of dark humor that not every reader finds appealing, is Khong’s first, and a tremendous feat for a debut novelist, exploring style and structure in an […]

Norwegian Wood // Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood was my first Murakami, and I’ve heard it’s a good place to start, especially for us readers who prefer contemporary over fantasy. Plus, in an interview with Timothée Chalamet, Harry Styles named it as his desert island book, so I was sure I picked a good one (and you can’t argue that logic!!). […]

The Sellout // Paul Beatty

The Sellout had me thinking (and laughing) from the first page. I originally wanted to read this one because I was seeking something somewhat political with sarcastic undertones, and The Sellout definitely fits that description. The prologue absolutely sucked me in, and though I found the rest of the book lacking that sort of charm, […]

On My Nightstand: November 2018

November never fails to be a stressful month. Despite a nice, long Thanksgiving weekend, there’s always plenty of studying to do and papers to write. Nonetheless, I’m really hoping to get some reading done this month. Technically, I’ve put myself on a book-buying ban until I finish up all of my unread books, but as […]