Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog, and now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week, I've decided to go off script to showcase the Books I Wish I Could Read For the First Time Again. These are all books that I loved; some of... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller Published 2011 Goodreads Synopsis: The legend begins... Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. “The best of all the Greeks”—strong, beautiful, and the... Continue Reading →
Persephone Book Review: Mariana by Monica Dickens
Mariana, Monica Dickens First Published 1940 Persephone Book #2 I'm going to start by making a pretty bold claim: this is my new favorite Persephone Book. I had very high expectations going into Mariana - I even listed it as one of my five-star TBR pile predictions - and I am thrilled to say it surpassed those expectations. In... Continue Reading →
Favorite Reads of 2016
No, that's not a typo. Since I just talked about my favorite reads of 2017 here, I thought it would be fun to discuss my favorites from last year. After all, this blog didn't exist at the time! I ended up giving 12 books 5-stars in 2016: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng This... Continue Reading →