Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This spring, my sister handed me a gift box and inside it was a mug.  It read “Totally The Best Aunt Ever” and my heart swelled!  She was pregnant and I was going to become an aunt!  I got even more excited when she found out it was a girl.  Absolutely life changing for my …

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Full confession, I did not want to read Washington Black.  I like historical fiction but learned something about myself over the past few years – I find it difficult to read fiction that tells the stories of the worst things humans have done to one another in situations where that really happened.  I have been …

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

The Huntress had me hooked from the first few pages and didn’t let go until I finished it!  So hooked in fact that I took it on a plane with me.  As I’ve written before, I pretty much exclusively read off my iPad when I’m traveling for work but I couldn’t imagine taking time away …

On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

I do not usually read a lot of YA and my somewhat lack of interest in it means I also don’t pay much attention to it.  I like to vote in the goodreads Choice Awards Best Books of the year every year and I only vote in categories where I have actually read at least …

The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion

I have so many things to say not just about this book but also about the entire Rosie series – or maybe, the Don Tillman series – so bear with me.  I was incredibly excited to see The Rosie Result was out this past summer – I bought it the next day.  I couldn’t wait to …

Normal People by Sally Rooney

I love all sorts of books which you might be able to tell from my blog overall and the times I very much gush over books and some authors.  I can’t help it; I love books and love stories so much. There is a special place in my reading heart for books about people.  I do …

She Said and Had It Coming

I paired these two books together for day 5 of my 12 favourite days of books for a couple reasons – one, I had too many books to choose from (good year) and two, they feel to a degree like they compliment each other.  They are written by some amazing journalists who broke two incredibly …

Cemetery Road by Greg Iles

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you might have read my post on the Penn Cage series – it was back in May 2017 so here’s a link in case you’re interested.  It’s one of my all time favourite book series in that genre and why I was so excited to see that …

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

I saw this book everywhere when it came out – on reading lists, in emails (I think from the publishing company to be honest) and it was included in Reese’s Book Club.  I don’t read all the books that she recommends but she certainly recommends some great ones in my opinion.  I didn’t really know …

Discovering Karin Slaughter

Day 2’s book is officially The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter but it’s really about much more than that. Try Karin’s Slaughters entire collection of novels!  I travelled a ton for work this year and I often read on planes but I don’t want to carry heavy books in addition to my suitcase and my computer bag …