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Review: "Manhattan Beach"
I’ve only read one other novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan. But my love for that book had me certain I would love the...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 28: "The Underground Railroad"
Today's selection, Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad, will have you speeding along at a breakneck pace to discover the fate of...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 21: "Home"
With everything going on in the news, today feels like a particularly good day to share a particularly good book from the particularly...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 4: "The Old Man and the Sea"
Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of nature shows on Netflix. I got pulled in by David Attenborough’s chirpy narration on Animal Planet,...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 3: "The Luminaries"
Today’s review is not a typical beach read—clocking in at 848 pages, it’s a novel to spread across a few beach days or devote a plane...
Review: The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale was an accidentally timely choice when it popped up on my “recommended” list on my library app. I’d heard of the...
Review: Dept. of Speculation
After a string of thick, committed relationship-style books, I recently had the rare pleasure of reading one in just half a day. Jenny...
Book Review: A Little Life
I recently finished a book that’s been on my list for the better part of a year, Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life. The novel’s...
Summer Reading: Adult Style
When I was little, one of my favorite days of summer was the day my mom took me to the library to stock up on books and pick up my...
On Re-reading
Sometimes, I feel guilty about my proclivity to re-read books. There are SO MANY books in the world that I haven't read, and so many on...
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