I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have to admit that I’m glad I’m done reading this book. It’s not that it wasn’t great (it was), it’s just that I’m sick of waking up in the middle […]
Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this because one of my closest friends gave it five stars on here. Oh, and because a popular movie that seemed like something I might like came out last year. But still, I went into this expecting to be…disappointed, […]
This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel My rating: 4 of 5 stars The cover of this book brings to mind what I like to call “book club books”, meaning books that appeal to a lot of women- my mom, my sister, Oprah, etc. Books like The Girl on the Train or Lady […]
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng My rating: 3 of 5 stars Three stars means I liked this book. I didn’t *really* like it and I didn’t love it. I read it quickly and I looked forward to picking up where I left off. It was a more sophisticated soap opera of sorts, plenty of […]
Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: 13 Stories by Alice Munro My rating: 5 of 5 stars I hope this book sets the standard for all the other books I’m going to read this year. It was damn near perfect. This is the second book of Munro’s I’ve read and now I am a […]
I loved Oprah so much in high school that I had a magnet with her face on it hanging in my locker. SO much that when my Freshman year English teacher assigned us a long-term, in-depth research paper and told us we had to choose one influential woman in American society, I knew who I’d […]
Hi Kate! I have never written to an advice thing before so I’m just gonna jump right in. I hosted a NYE party last week and I had a mix of friends and family there. My cousin (who we will call Jeff) was there and he’s one of my oldest and best friends. We […]
I have a soundtrack to my life. You probably do too. Walking down the street with my headphones on gives purpose to the mundane and everyday. When I heard this song last summer, it sounded especially cinematic and made me think of those romantic build-up scenes in 80’s movies; running across campus in the rain, […]
Facebook Memories reminded me that on this day last year, I canned Amy Schumer’s stupid book. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer My rating: 2 of 5 stars I like Amy Schumer? Maybe? I thought I did? I’m inching closer and closer to the conclusion that I’d like Amy Schumer […]
This is the first time I’ve set a reading goal since the days of BOOK IT. I just finished my 20th book this year (click HERE for a review of that one). I know some people who have read 40 books and others who will read three. We all go at our own pace, but my […]
