“As you made your way through life, there were people who stuck, the ones who stayed around forever and whom you came to need as much as you needed water or air. Others were meant to keep you company for a time. In the moment, you rarely knew which would be which.” ⁣ Friends and […]

Publisher: Riverhead Books Page Count: 368 Year Published: 2007 Synopsis: “A celebrated writer’s irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American […]

Publisher: Avon Books Pages: 384 Year Published: 2020 Sexy and steamy, this romance is so fun but also has depth. ⁣⁣Synopsis: “After a messy public breakup, soap opera darling Jasmine Lin Rodriguez finds her face splashed across the tabloids. When she returns to her hometown of New York City to film the starring role in […]

Publisher:  Avon Books; Total Pages: 384; Year Published: 2000 (original publication year) Trigger Warnings: child abuse; marital rape; sexual assault I have a new obsession and it is certainly Regency England with a Gossip Girl twist. When I saw bookstagram raving about Bridgerton, Netflix’s adaption of The Duke & I by Julia Quinn, I decided […]

Publisher: Atria Books Page Count: 320 Genre: Contemporary Fiction Year Published: 2020 Synopsis: From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Gossip Girl series, a deliciously irresistible novel chronicling a year in the life of four families in an upscale Brooklyn neighborhood as they seek purpose, community, and meaningful relationships—until one unforgettable night at a […]

I’ve tried to boil my thoughts about this book down into something articulate, and I’m not sure I succeeded, but here we go. In the most basic sense, this book blew me away. This novel is a family saga with an underlying mystery. The story begins with a series of murders in Kensington, PA, a […]

I usually wait a day or two to write a review after finishing a book, but after finishing An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, I have so many emotions that I wanted the feeling I have to be reflected in my review. Honestly, few books leave me with a physical reaction to a book. But this book […]

“They knew our names and they knew our parents. But they did not know us, because not knowing was essential to their power. To sell a child right from under his mother, you must know that mother only in the thinnest way possible. To strip a man down, condemn him to be beaten, flayed alive, […]

Desiree and Stella Vignes are twin sisters from Mallard, a town that is comprised of Black people who have lighter and lighter skin with each generation. Hearing Brit Bennett discuss the setting, and how she came to this story, is really interesting. Highly recommend watching her interviews! The way Bennett describes Mallard, so early in […]

Today I’m excited to discuss Three Women by Lisa Taddeo. This book popped up all over my Instagram feed sometime around May and continued to be a consistent sighting. Initially, I disliked the book. I felt it was a bit overdone, overhyped, and too flowery at times. While I have reservations (discussed below), I’m thankful I read this book. […]