Kevin Kwan

Crazy Rich Asians is certainly not a book I would typically read (in fact, I never would have picked it up had I not loved the movie so darn much) but it was so much fun! Kwan demonstrates a heavy focus on dialogue, so I absolutely flew through it. Like a guilty-pleasure romcom, the plot […]

Gingerbread // Helen Oyeyemi

The hype is REAL for Gingerbread. I will admit I was initially drawn to it because of its gorgeous cover, which I’d seen lurking around my Instagram feed for several weeks. Like most Riverhead publications, I was lured in with gorgeous design work, and then pleasantly surprised by the literature inside. Wonderfully told and vividly […]

2019 Reading Goals

Happy 2019! I don’t normally make New Year’s resolutions, because I think they’re generally forgotten past January, but this year I thought I’d try something new and set some reading goals for myself. I never like to set a goal for the amount of books I read per year, because I hate that added pressure […]

Three Lives & Company, New York, NY

Try to find an image for “cozy bookstore” and it’s likely that Three Lives & Co. is the top result. “Cozy” may be a nice term for small, which Three Lives certainly is, but it’s also quiet and wonderfully curated, which, together, create a perfect browsing atmosphere. It may not be the best place to […]

One Year

One year ago today, I started Hannah and Her Books on a complete whim. I’d been toying around with the idea of starting a book blog for a while. I had a “booklr” the summer between my freshmen and sophomore years of high school, but that only lasted a few months before I grew tired […]

Mohsin Hamid: October 3, 2018

Mohsin Hamid, the author of Exit West, came to my hometown last week for a book discussion and signing. When I first read the book back in February, I enjoyed it but I wasn’t the biggest fan; I felt like it was missing something. However, after hearing Hamid speak about Exit West, his latest novel, […]

Strand Book Store, New York, NY

A New York City staple, Strand Book Store is the hot spot for all bookworms, tourists and locals alike. Boasting eighteen miles of books, The Strand is one of the biggest bookstores in the city, and once you step inside, it feels like an entirely different world, completely free from the calamity of the streets […]