Author: borkali

I am confident my brilliant reader friends can see there are only 6 books in this photo! The 7th is The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney. I have waited on the library queue for 6 weeks but I can finally pick it up tomorrow! I will fill in my last 3 gaps after I finish these-

I was so pleasantly surprised by this novel. I had my doubts during the first 60 pages, but I’m genuinely glad I stuck with it. A friend of mine gave me this novel back in early January when I was visiting her and her family in Prague. She had told me it was a good

Ok, full disclosure- I didn’t finish reading the whole book. A rare occasion for me and a part of myself that I question- is it OK to leave a book unfinished? Often, I would say, No- power through! I find this especially true, at least for myself, when reading fiction. Nonfiction is a different kettle

Shout out to my new brother in law who gave me this book when I was visiting in Seattle last month! This is a YA fiction book that will make you feel young again. I loved how it was written- these fun little snippet chapters. Most were only a page or two which kept me

I found this book at Half Price Books wandering around Seattle yesterday. I had never heard of this Roald Dahl book and for $1.99 it was a must read! It is a very short book and is partially illustrated but a fun, quick kind of twisted read. The story is about two people, a man

You may have heard of The Goldfinch which was quite popular two years ago, another book by Tartt. This is an earlier novel by her and it has a similar tone and I would say some overlapping themes as well. The story is about a young man who lives in the middle of nowhere California and

I was recommended this book by a few people– I think Nadia even told me to read it but I can’t remember 🙂 This is about 300 pages and as it says in the title, it is a memoir of the craft.  This is important to keep in mind as you read this, since it

If you need help getting going, here is a great list sourced from LitHub contributors. Post in the comments any books you are looking forward to in March! I am excited to start re-reading Middlemarch by George Eliot.

Hello friends, I hope that you have enjoyed following along here for the Winter reading challenge, that has ended yesterday. Even if you haven’t been posting, it’s all good- this is a guilt free reading blog. If you want to post now, you are more than welcome. I will be changing the name of the