Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly …
Book Review | The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
2020
Goodreads Choice Awards
I decided to read some of the nominees from the Goodreads Choice Awards. Some selections have already been eliminated because I’ve been too lazy to …
It’s November
I recently discovered @blessingmanifesting’s instagram and I absolutely love it. I’m constantly caught between loving and hating instagram (loving it for the artwork, hating it …
Stop Drop & Read
I’ve read three excellent books over the past few weeks (And Pippi Longstocking, which I do not want to talk about). These are five star books …
Book Review | The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking
Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Philosophy, Cultural Denmark is often said to be the happiest country in the world. That’s down to one thing: hygge. ‘Hygge has …
Book Review | All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
What a beautiful book, both inside and out. George M. Johnson, an LGBTQIA+ activist and prominent journalist, provides thought-provoking, albeit heart-breaking, accounts of their childhood …
Book Review |Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Genre: Science Fiction, Contemporary Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and …
Coffee Shop Recommendation | New York Beanery
Remember when I said that I was going to review coffee shops on here, and then I didn’t?! I’m trying to change that. In my …
Book Review | Wake Siren: Ovid Resung by Nina MacLaughlin
Genre: Fantasy, Mythology, Retellings In fierce, textured voices, the women of Ovid’s Metamorphoses claim their stories and challenge the power of myth. Seductresses and she-monsters, …
Book Review | Grown Ups by Marian Keyes
Genre: Fiction, Contemporary They’re a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids …