Hi there. Let’s talk books!
I am an inveterate and incorrigible bookworm, and a longtime book reviewer for Shelf Awareness. I read a lot, I read widely (and deeply), and I love talking about what I read.
I post semi-monthly reading roundups on the blog, which are linked below as they appear. You can also find me on Goodreads.
July, part 1
Burnout, Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
The Women and the Men, Nikki Giovanni
Good Talk, Mira Jacob
Right of Way, Angie Schmitt
The Road to Memphis, Mildred D. Taylor
Float Plan, Trish Doller
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come, Mildred D. Taylor
Yes No Maybe So, Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed
Native, Kaitlin B. Curtice
Watson & Holmes: A Study in Black, Karl Bollers et al.
The Fountains of Silence, Ruta Sepetys
June, part 2
I’m Fine and Neither are You, Camille Pagán
Two Truths and a Lie, Meg Mitchell Moore
The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall
The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth, Barbara Neely
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, Jeanne Birdsall
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine, Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Atomic Love, Jennie Fields
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, Jeanne Birdsall
Why I Wake Early, Mary Oliver
Let the Circle Be Unbroken, Mildred D. Taylor
The Penderwicks in Spring, Jeanne Birdsall
The Penderwicks at Last, Jeanne Birdsall
A Fine Romance, Susan Branch
June, part 1
The Last Stargazers, Emily Levesque
Song of the Trees, Mildred D. Taylor
Black History in Its Own Words, Ronald Wimberly
The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, Louise Miller
The Nesting Dolls, Alina Adams
I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening), Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers
The Scent of Murder, Kylie Logan
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy, Noelle Stevenson et al.
Silver Sparrow, Tayari Jones
The Late Bloomers’ Club, Louise Miller
Keep It Moving, Twyla Tharp
Spiderweb for Two, Elizabeth Enright
May, part 2
Everything is Spiritual, Rob Bell
The Saturdays, Elizabeth Enright
The Four-Story Mistake, Elizabeth Enright
The War Widow, Tara Moss
Jane of Lantern Hill, L.M. Montgomery
Words in Deep Blue, Cath Crowley
The Wedding Party, Jasmine Guillory
Stranger God, Richard Beck
Big Friendship, Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman
Then There Were Five, Elizabeth Enright
The Land, Mildred D. Taylor
Brazen, Pénélope Bagieu
May, part 1
Once Upon a Sunset, Tif Marcelo
House Lessons, Erica Bauermeister
Last Bus to Wisdom, Ivan Doig
Two in the Far North, Margaret E. Murie
The Key Lime Crime, Lucy Burdette
April, part 2
The Whistling Season, Ivan Doig
Inbound 4: A Comic History of Boston, Boston Comics Roundtable
I Was Told It Would Get Easier, Abbi Waxman
Use the Power You Have, Pramila Jayapal
This Won’t End Well, Camille Pagán
Rilla of Ingleside, L.M. Montgomery
Making Space, Thich Nhat Hanh
April, part 1
Keep Moving, Maggie Smith
Braver Than You Think, Maggie Downs
American Royals, Katharine McGee
The Paris Hours, Alex George
Waterlight, Kathleen Jamie
Of Mutts and Men, Spencer Quinn
Last Train to Key West, Chanel Cleeton
March, part 2
I’ll Be Your Blue Sky, Marisa de los Santos
Every Reason We Shouldn’t, Sara Fujimura
Revolutions: How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels, Hannah Ross
Life and Other Near-Death Experiences, Camille Pagán
The Joys of Baking, Samantha Seneviratne
The Downstairs Girl, Stacey Lee
I’d Give Anything, Marisa de los Santos
The Story of More, Hope Jahren
A Mixture of Mischief, Anna Meriano
March, part 1
Chasing Utopia, Nikki Giovanni
The Garden of Small Beginnings, Abbi Waxman
Don’t Overthink It, Anne Bogel
The Women in Black, Madeleine St. John
For Small Creatures Such as We, Sasha Sagan
Good Bones, Maggie Smith
Tweet Cute, Emma Lord
February, part 2
The Yellow House, Sarah M. Broom
Hid From Our Eyes, Julia Spencer-Fleming
The Sweeney Sisters, Lian Dolan
Five Days, Wes Moore with Erica L. Green
Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders, Tessa Arlen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
The Authenticity Project, Clare Pooley
Cooking Solo, Klancy Miller
The Long Run, Catriona Menzies-Pike
February, part 1
Jewel of the Thames, Angela Misri
Simon the Fiddler, Paulette Jiles
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl, Theodora Goss
Six Square Metres, Margaret Simons
To Night Owl from Dogfish, Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
More to the Story, Hena Khan
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
January, part 2
The Henna Artist, Alka Joshi
Code Name Hélène, Ariel Lawhon
Well-Read Black Girl, ed. Glory Edim
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
Agatha Oddly: Murder at the Museum, Lena Jones
Running: A Love Story, Jen A. Miller
Option B, Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
January, part 1
Hannah’s War, Jan Eliasberg
Time After Time, Lisa Grunwald
Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
The Case of the Wandering Scholar, Kate Saunders
