Recommendations for… books you should listen to as audiobooks

Hi friends, I hope you had a great weekend! Today, I'm going to talk about some books I think you should listen to as an audiobook. I personally love listening to non-fiction audiobooks, so most of these books are non-fiction (I think all of them, actually). And they're all books that I think are particularly …

How I decide what books to buy

Hello, friends and fellow book lovers! I just wanted to start by saying sorry for the lack of posts the last few days. School has been super busy, and I honestly just haven't wanted to write blog posts, so I didn't. Most semesters, I have at least one class where I can slack a little …

Mini review: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe From Goodreads In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most …

Recommending some standalones

Howdy, gals and pals! It has been a hot minute since I did a good old recommendations post. I've done a bunch of themed ones recently, but I wanted to do a regular recommendations post and talk about some books I've read and loved recently. So today I'm going to be talking about some standalones! …

Book review: I Hope we Choose Love

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom From Goodreads What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we …

Books on my TBR: memoirs

Hello, friends! Time to talk about some more books on my TBR! This is a series where I talk about a specific subset of books on my TBR. I've done a few posts of really long lists of books on my TBR, so for these posts I'm going to try to keep the list fairly …

Books on my TBR I don’t think I’ll like

Hello, friends and fellow book lovers! I hope your week has been going well so far and that you have fun plans for the weekend. This post was inspired by one of Marija's tweets lately, where she said something along the lines of "we should start doing 4-star prediction posts": https://twitter.com/insidemylibrary/status/1298784120642965507?s=20 I thought that was …

September wrap-up!

Hello friends! And yet here we are. This month was busy with school starting, and I am overwhelmed. But, let's get into what I read this month! Books Read She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore: 5 starsThe Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker: 4.5 starsI Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick: 4 starsOpposite …

If you liked this book, you might not like this book

Hello, friends and foe! I'm back with another fun recommendations/blog post! I've occasionally done "if you liked this book, you might like this book" posts, and I've done a couple similar posts with a twist. And we're back today with another twist: if you liked this book, you might not like this book. Essentially, I'm …

Ebooks I have read and want a physical copy of

Hello, fellow book lovers! I read quite a few ebooks, either through my library or on my Kindle. And most of the time, I specifically seek out ebooks that I know I don't want a physical copy of. But, sometimes there are books where I do want a physical copy, either because I loved the …

Books on my TBR: diverse short story collections

Hello, friends! Time to talk about some more books on my TBR! This is a series where I talk about a specific subset of books on my TBR. I've done a few posts of really long lists of books on my TBR, so for these posts I'm going to try to keep the list fairly …

Three reviews of three star books

Happy Friday, pals! Today, I'm reviewing three books I rated three stars! Usually, three-star reviews are fairly long, because I have a lot to say about the books to justify the three stars. But for these books, I honestly don't have that much to say. My rating for each of these can really be summed …