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30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 7: "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
I absolutely loved this book. I don’t say that often, because typically if I like a book, I don’t like all of it—I find a plot element...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 6: "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake"
I had been curious about Aimee Bender’s The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake since it came out a few years ago—mainly because of the...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 5: "On Chesil Beach"
If you’ve read Atonement, you know that Ian McEwan is a master at taking seemingly happy situations and twisting them, squeezing...
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...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 2: All the Light We Cannot See
If yesterday’s Sweetbitter captivated the senses through excess, today’s read—Anthony Doerr’s incredible All the Light We Cannot See does...
30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 1: "Sweetbitter"
Let’s kick off the series with a glass of wine and a burst of excess, shall we? I first read a review of Stephanie Danler’s Sweetbitter...
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...
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...
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