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30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 9: "Me Talk Pretty One Day"

Me Talk Pretty One Day, the first non-fiction book recommended in this series, will—I guarantee!—have you laughing out loud. The book is...

30 Books in 30 Beach Days Day 8: "Jane Eyre"

I was talking with my family the other day and was appalled to hear them say a phrase so hateful to an English major’s ears: Victorian...

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 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...

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...

30 Books in 30 (Beach) Days Launching Tomorrow!

I'm back! Apologies for being a bit MIA here on the blog for the past few months; I got married a few weeks ago, and things are just...

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...

After a disappointing election, feeling a little responsible.

I didn’t drink on election night, but I woke up on Wednesday feeling hungover. I went to bed late, because I physically couldn’t handle...

Review: Room

Room is a book I’d been wanting to read (and slightly dreading reading) for several years. I first read about it in a New York Times book...

My 5 Favorite Boston Coffee Shops for Reading

Is the crisp fall weather making anyone else crave a cozy sweater, a warm drink, and a few hours alone with a book at a coffee shop? ...

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...