by Madeline Martin Read October 2021 Even though this WWII story goes exactly where you know it will, it is still a delightful read. Or maybe I am such a sucker for books I am charmed when they are the hero of a story. If you want to feel the feels, read this book.

by Rohinton Mistry Listened to October 2021 Recommended by a friend This was recommended to me after I read Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts because it is also a tale of life in India. This book focused more on the caste system and its affects on its people. It was also less philosophical and more…… Continue reading A Fine Balance

by Christina Baker Kline Read October 2021 Recommended by a friend I didn’t know about this piece of American history. In the 1930s there were a lot of orphaned children on the streets of New York so there were organizations that would shuttle them via train to rural communities in the Midwest and effectively auction…… Continue reading Orphan Train

by Natalie Zina Walschots Read October 2021 Recommended by a friend This book is like a less shocking version of Amazon Prime’s show, The Boys. It imagines the whole super hero / villain thing as a modern career choice complete with temp agencies to place unemployed henchmen. The author explores the idea of good versus…… Continue reading Hench

by Maggie O’Farrell Listened to September 2021 Recommended by a friend Oh, I struggled writing this review. It is one of my most important goals with this blog to not give away the books’ plots. There is something about this book that is front and center in any other review I found but it is…… Continue reading Hamnet

by Andy Weir Read September 2021 I really loved this book. Whenever someone asks if I have read any good books lately, this one always comes to mind. It is exciting from the start and keeps its pace all the way through. The ideas are fresh and the science is interesting but it is very…… Continue reading Project Hail Mary

by Lisa Damour, Ph.D Listened to September 2021 As I have mentioned previously, I am not usually a self-help reader. However, having a newly teenaged daughter who also struggles with ADHD and anxiety had me feeling a bit out of my depth recently. This book helped me get my head back above water. Lisa Damour…… Continue reading Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

by Susannah Cahalan Listened to September 2021 Recommended by a friend This book is almost like reading a real-life episode of House from the patient’s point of view. Susannah Cahalan was a reporter at the New York Post when she started experiencing some very odd and frightening symptoms. She takes the reader through her story…… Continue reading Brain on Fire My Month of Madness

by Erin Morgenstern Listened to September 2021 Recommended by a friend This book by the author of The Night Circus has beautiful, flowery prose. It also involves a mystery, a secret society that reveres books as though they are holy relics and plenty of symbolism. With all of that, it was pretty much a given…… Continue reading The Starless Sea

by Sarah Pearse Read August 2021 It has been a long time since I have read a straight-out thriller with no supernatural elements or deeper themes. I was reminded of books I used to enjoy in junior high and high school. Maybe if this was a genre I consumed more often, this would have felt…… Continue reading The Sanitorium