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A Year of Personal Growth Through Reading: Top Picks for 2024
Reading is one of the most powerful ways to transform your life. Here’s how you can grow exponentially through books. In our digital world, the allure of reading may not be what it used to be. But at the same time, people are suffering from digital burnout, a lack of purpose, and the constant dissatisfaction that comes with existing online in the age of social media. While there’s no turning back the clock to the pre-internet era, the good news is that reading books is one of the most powerful ways you can develop your mind and spirit. Read on to learn how we can harness the power of reading in…
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Review: Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais
This book appealed to me for one big reason—the main character wanted to be a tattoo artist! I loved that plot point and I was eager to read it simply for that! I have two full tattoo sleeves and tattoo culture has changed SO MUCH since I got my first tattoo. When I was 18 (1999 ish) I was sure no one would hire me with a visible tattoo so I got a tiny one on my shoulder, flash forward 20 years and here I am with a professional job and full sleeve tattoos and PLENTY of other visible ones too. I love tattoos and the tattoo culture and I…
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My Most Anticipated Popular Fiction Reads of 2021
My Most Anticipated Popular Fiction Reads of 2021 Guest post by Savannah Cordova at Reedsy 2021 is already shaping up to be a stellar year for fiction, and the coming months are packed with promise. In fact, there are so many new and upcoming releases fidgeting on my TBR that whittling it down to just five was no easy task. That said, the books on this list have really caught my eye — and not just because of their colorful covers. 1. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters This debut novel from Torrey Peters follows three New Yorkers whose lives coalesce around an unexpected pregnancy when Ames — who is detransitioning…
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Release Day Blitz: LEAVING LUCY PEAR by Anna Solomon
Two-time Pushcart Prize-winner Anna Solomon’s new novel, LEAVING LUCY PEAR, is officially out today! It is a moving exploration of motherhood, friendship, and marriage, and a perfect beach book for readers who like their summer reading smart and nuanced! Early reviews are unanimous in their enthusiastic praise, calling the novel “truly new and fresh” (Good Housekeeping), “beautifully told” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune), and “fully-fleshed, compassionate, and satisfying” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Novelists Sue Monk Kidd, Celeste Ng, J. Courtney Sullivan, and Paula McLain are also early fans. ABOUT THE BOOK In 1917, Beatrice Haven—the unwed teenage daughter of wealthy Jewish industrialists in Boston—sneaks out of her uncle’s house on Cape Ann in the…
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Review: City of Dark Magic (City of Dark Magic #1) by Magnus Flyte
Sarah Weston has spent her life studying Beethoven. So naturally her dream job would be cataloging his manuscripts. Well that dream is about to come true. She has just received word that her mentor and master’s supervisor committed suicide in Prague. He was working at Prague Castle on some Beethoven manuscripts for the newly developed Lobkowicz Palace Museum. The Lobkowicz family contacts Sarah to take up where her professor left off. A paid summer at Prague Castle handling Beethoven’s letters? SOLD! Sarah departs for Prague immediately, and almost as soon as she lands, strange things start to happen. First she hears strange rumors about her mentor being addicted to drugs and acting erratically before he committed…
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Review: Covet by Tracey Garvis-Graves
What if the life you wanted, and the woman you fell in love with, belonged to someone else? Claire Canton is your typical suburban housewife. Her and her husband Chris live in a nice house in a nice suburb with their two kids. Claire is a freelance graphic designer and holds down the household while Chris is out bringing home the big pay check. Until he loses his job. A year passes and before they know it, Claire and Chris’s marriage is in serious trouble. Chris continues to pull away from Claire while Claire becomes increasingly lonely. One afternoon Claire gets pulled over by Officer Daniel Rush….who happens to be…
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Review: Marilyn’s Red Diary by E.Z. Friedel
Everyone knows that Marilyn Monroe is American’s sex icon. The blonde bombshells life is well known to many: the drugs, the sex, the insecurities, the tragic death, the conspiracy, the scandals. So what makes this novel different the every other Marilyn story out there you ask? It’s her diary. I won’t spend too much time with the background of this novel since Marilyn Monroe is such a well known figure. We meet the troubled woman while she is undergoing treatment from her psychiatrist Ralph Greenson.
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Special Feature: The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert BOOK TRAILER
On October 1st 2013, embark on a magical and enchanting journey around the world with NY Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert! Gilbert is the best selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and on October 1st, she will release her first novel in twelve years, The Signature of All Things. Ironically, I would say the most commonly asked question from my reads is if I have read Eat, Pray, Love….I have to admit, I have not. I have seen the movie though which I am sure doesn’t come close to the book itself. When a book starts receiving lots of hype I usually try and steer clear until the hype dies…
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Review: The Honey Thief by Najaf Mazari
Every culture has folklore and stories that have been told for generations. Most of these folktales focus on society, history, love, family, and culture. Some are presented as parables while others a told with a mixture of fact and fiction. I haven’t read too much folklore, mostly because I am familiar with a lot of the western civilization tales and I really had no interest in any other regions. When the opportunity to review The Honey Thief came along I debated about reviewing it and ultimately decided to give it a read. I have studied Middle Eastern religions and some of the politics but I am far from an expert…
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Review: The Darlings by Cristina Alger
The economy is in a downward spiral and no one knows this better than those in the world of high finance. On Wall Street on of the leaders in the world of hedge funds and wealth is billionaire Carter Darling. The Darling family is well known in the powerful circles of New York City’s elite upper class….a world where a house in the Hamptons, offshore bank accounts, hedge funds, corporate corruption, tabloid gossip, and extra marital affairs are all a common part of the society. When attorney Paul Ross married Carter Darling’s daughter, Merrill, he knew what he was getting into but what he didn’t know was he would…