Hi there. Let’s talk books!
I’m a lifelong bookworm and a freelance reviewer for Shelf Awareness. I read a lot, I read widely (and deeply), and I love talking about what I read. My favorite genres are mystery, young adult, food and travel writing, well-written fiction with heart, compelling nonfiction, memoir, poetry and essays.
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 2
A Deceptive Devotion, Iona Whishaw
A Most Clever Girl, Stephanie Marie Thornton
New Girl in Little Cove, Damhnait Monaghan
Take Me Home Tonight, Morgan Matson
Solo, Rebecca Seal
A Scone of Contention, Lucy Burdette
July, part 1
These Unlucky Stars, Gillian McDunn
Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution, Michael Bond
Between Two Kingdoms, Suleika Jaouad
The Island Home, Libby Page
The Road Trip, Beth O’Leary
Ways to Grow Love, Renee Watson
Amari and the Night Brothers, B.B. Alston
June, part 3
Very Sincerely Yours, Kerry Winfrey
The Tumbling Turner Sisters, Juliette Fay
The Amelia Six, Kristin L. Gray
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Sorrowful Sanctuary, Iona Whishaw
June, part 2
Dear Highlights, Christine French Cully
Musical Chairs, Amy Poeppel
It Begins in Betrayal, Iona Whishaw
Three Keys, Kelly Yang
Yours Cheerfully, AJ Pearce
Amina’s Song, Hena Khan
June, part 1
City of Flickering Light, Juliette Fay
Dear Martin, Nic Stone
An Old, Cold Grave, Iona Whishaw
The Queen Bee and Me, Gillian McDunn
Fortune Favors the Dead, Stephen Spotswood
Dial A for Aunties, Jesse Q. Sutanto
Lookout, Trina Moyles
The Memory Keeper, Jennifer Camiccia
The Paris Connection, Lorraine Brown
All Things Wise and Wonderful, James Herriot
May, part 2
The Rehearsals, Annette Christie
Death in a Darkening Mist, Iona Whishaw
All the Little Hopes, Leah Weiss
The Windsor Knot, S.J. Bennett
In All Good Faith, Liza Nash Taylor
Caterpillar Summer, Gillian McDunn
Shadow of the Batgirl, Sarah Kuhn & Nicole Goux
The Bookshop of Second Chances, Jackie Fraser
May, part 1
The Great Belonging, Charlotte Donlon
The Rose Code, Kate Quinn
Of Bears and Ballots, Heather Lende
The Color of Life, Cara Meredith
The Consequences of Fear, Jacqueline Winspear
A Quantum Life, Hakeem Oluseyi
The Kitchen Front, Jennifer Ryan
Jane of Lantern Hill, L.M. Montgomery
April, part 2
The 24-Hour Cafe, Libby Page
God Spare the Girls, Kelsey McKinney
A Woman of Intelligence, Karin Tanabe
How to Love the World, ed. James Crews
Made in China, Anna Qu
All Things Bright and Beautiful, James Herriot
You Have a Match, Emma Lord
A Killer in King’s Cove, Iona Whishaw
Blue Horses, Mary Oliver
April, part 1
All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot
Flygirl, Sherri L. Smith
Marathon Woman, Kathrine Switzer
The Cake Therapist, Judith Fertig
Home Made, Liz Hauck
My Inner Sky, Mari Andrew
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, Alka Joshi
March, part 2
How the Word is Passed, Clint Smith III
This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing, Jacqueline Winspear
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
You Go First, Erin Entrada Kelly
A Deadly Inside Scoop, Abby Collette
Murder-on-Sea, Julie Wassmer
Perestroika in Paris, Jane Smiley
March, part 1
The Transatlantic Book Club, Felicity Hayes-McCoy
A Writer’s Paris, Eric Maisel
Smile: The Story of a Face, Sarah Ruhl
The Summer Seekers, Sarah Morgan
Diana and the Island of No Return, Aisha Saeed
A Peculiar Combination, Ashley Weaver
The Parted Earth, Anjali Enjeti
The Whitstable Pearl Mystery, Julie Wassmer
February, part 2
The Reluctant Midwife, Patricia Harman
Arsenic and Adobo, Mia P. Manansala
The School I Deserve, Jo Napolitano
The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman
All-American Muslim Girl, Nadine Jolie Courtney
The Beauty in Breaking, Michele Harper
The Voting Booth, Brandy Colbert
The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery
February, part 1
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, Laura Taylor Namey
New Yorkers, Craig Taylor
All the Greys on Greene Street, Laura Tucker
Trace, Lauret Savoy
Wintering, Katherine May
In a Book Club Far Away, Tif Marcelo
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael, Beth Morrey
Mergers and Acquisitions, Cate Doty
The Last Bookshop in London, Madeline Martin
January, part 2
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors, Sonali Dev
March Sisters, Kate Bolick et al.
Hope Rides Again, Andrew Shaffer
The Fixed Stars, Molly Wizenberg
Recipe for Persuasion, Sonali Dev
January, part 1
Once a Midwife, Patricia Harman
Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines, Jennifer J. Chow
Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World, Isabel Gillies
The Enigma Game, Elizabeth Wein
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares, Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
The Light in the Dark, Horatio Clare
The Midwife of Hope River, Patricia Harman
