Bookish, Veganish, Holding it Togetherish
Books are small universes—affordable and easily carried yet filled with endless possibilities to expand and enrich the mind. Through their pages, I explore new experiences and worlds, meet unforgettable characters, and deepen my understanding of humanity. These are the books I read in December 2024, listed chronologically, and graded on
As far back as I can remember, I’ve read as naturally and instinctively as others breathe. My love for reading has only grown with each book (mostly literary fiction novels) I devour. Books are small universes—affordable and easily carried yet filled with endless possibilities to expand and enrich the mind.
As far back as I can remember, I’ve read as naturally and instinctively as others breathe. My love for reading has only grown with each book (mostly literary fiction novels) I devour. Books are small universes—affordable and easily carried yet filled with endless possibilities to expand and enrich the mind.
Early literacy is not learning to read. Early literacy is the development of the skills needed to be able to learn to read. Don’t get me (and child development experts) started on the madness that is expecting kindergartens to read. A huge part of early literacy involves awareness and appreciation
Adeline, the protagonist from The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab, knows how annoying it is to re-introduce yourself. No, like, she really understands. Addie has to re-introduce herself to every person she encounters. If they turn their back to her, they’ll forget her. Addie Larue is literally
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a love story. A love story to rock and roll, about rock and roll; celebrating powerful, talented, and (at times) broken women. The prose dances around unrequited and loyal love. Reid is no stranger to love stories. Her previous five
Thom Stead couldn’t get the crocodile right. He ended up making the reptile out of clay, then pitching it. It took weeks for an “aha moment” to rear its head. And that moment? Thom lives for it. Stead recreates book covers and posts them on his Instagram account, readbooks.servelooks. And
Fleishman Is in Trouble is a novel about marriage that opens with divorce. Toby Fleishman divorced a harridan. A social climbing, shallow, money-obsessed, whip yielding succubus. During fights, Rachel Fleishman “went for Toby’s masculinity like it was an artery.” As an unattached doctor at a major New York City hospital,
Cliches are, is more like it. I wasn’t going to review Chances Are by Richard Russo. Cuz I thought I hated it. But, as my husband pointed out (“You sure can’t stop talking about or put down that book you don’t like.”), my feelings towards this book are more complicated
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert is imbued with sex and death. These are Heavy Topics worthy of Heavy Novels, yet, Gilbert’s latest goes down like a beach read. Elizabeth Gilbert wrote City of Girls shortly after losing her best friend-turned-romantic-partner Rayya Elias to cancer, making the books’ levity more