the world was hers for the reading
Another month, another nightstand! There is nothing I love more than spending a few hours browsing a bookstore, espresso in hand. Bad for the wallet but good for the soul! A recent trip to Barnes & Noble brought these good reads my way. Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi I’ve never read Oyeyemi, which is a real […]
Read More On My Nightstand: April 2019The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of adventure exploring central Florida, leaving not too much time available for reading, but I’m hoping to get back on track this month, starting with these fantastic titles. Golden Child by Claire Adam Golden Child is one of the books I brought with me down to Florida […]
Read More On My Nightstand: March 2019I just moved in to my new apartment for a semester-long internship in Florida!!! I’m sure I won’t have much time for reading since I’ll be working a minimum of thirty hours per week, probably double that some weeks, and (hopefully) exploring in my spare time, but I’m going to try to read at least […]
Read More Packing the Paperbacks: Four Months in FloridaIn no particular order, here are some of the best books I read this year! The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne An emotional read, John Boyne’s The Heart’s Invisible Furies just about broke my heart while making me repeatedly laugh out loud. More thoughts here. The Idiot by Elif Batuman Even months after reading […]
Read More My Favorite Books of 2018Unwrapping books is probably the most exciting part about Christmas morning (besides the cinnamon rolls!!). Every year, I make sure to ask for the books I’m most impatient to read, to make Christmas that much more fun. This year, I asked for a handful, and I must be on the nice list because Santa brought […]
Read More Christmas 2018 Book HaulFinals 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 […]
Read More On My Nightstand: December 2018November 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 […]
Read More On My Nightstand: November 2018