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.
May, part 3
The Many Meanings of Meilan, Andrea Wang
The Suite Spot, Trish Doller
Across the Pond, Joy McCullough
One Italian Summer, Rebecca Serle
Tokyo Ever After, Emiko Jean
May, part 2
This Story Will Change, Elizabeth Crane
Delphine Jones Takes a Chance, Beth Morrey
The Unkept Woman, Allison Montclair
Any Other Family, Eleanor Brown
The Bodyguard, Katherine Center
I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet, Shauna Niequist
Framed in Fire, Iona Whishaw
May, part 1
Just Haven’t Met You Yet, Sophie Cousens
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan
Extra Helping, Janet Reich Elsbach
Cold Clay, Juneau Black
A Duet for Home, Karina Yan Glaser
April, part 3
How to Find Your Way Home, Katy Regan
Lost & Found, Kathryn Schulz
Four Aunties and a Wedding, Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Year I Stopped to Notice, Miranda Keeling
Witch for Hire, Ted Naifeh
A Shoe Story, Jane Rosen
A Sunlit Weapon, Jacqueline Winspear
Under Lock and Skeleton Key, Gigi Pandian
April, part 2
The Ghosts of Paris, Tara Moss
A Full Life in a Small Place, Janice Emily Bowers
Vacationland, Meg Mitchell Moore
Murder at Mallowan Hall, Colleen Cambridge
Here for the Drama, Kate Bromley
April, part 1
Freedom is an Inside Job, Zainab Salbi
Five Things About Ava Andrews, Margaret Dilloway
The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams
Reading the Water, Mark Hume
Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead, Elle Cosimano
A Natural History of Now, ed. Sara J. Call & Jennifer Li-Yen Douglass
The Year of Miracles, Ella Risbridger
March, part 3
Forward Me Back to You, Mitali Perkins
The Golden Season, Madeline Kay Sneed
Sisters in Arms, Kaia Alderson
Kind of a Big Deal, Shannon Hale
A Valiant Deceit, Stephanie Graves
The Stubborn Light of Things, Melissa Harrison
March, part 2
Iced in Paradise, Naomi Hirahara
Her Country, Marissa Moss
All the Queen’s Men, SJ Bennett
Jackie & Me, Louis Bayard
Adult Assembly Required, Abbi Waxman
The Bangalore Detectives Club, Harini Nagendra
March, part 1
The Wide Starlight, Nicole Lesperance
The Last Dance of the Debutante, Julia Kelly
Shady Hollow, Juneau Black
Our Last Days in Barcelona, Chanel Cleeton
A Trip of One’s Own, Kate Wills
Homicide and Halo-Halo, Mia P. Manansala
When You Get the Chance, Emma Lord
February, part 3
Love & Saffron, Kim Fay
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times, Meron Hadero
Lost and Found in Paris, Lian Dolan
Friday Barnes: Under Suspicion, R.A. Spratt
February, part 2
Learning America, Luma Mufleh
The Month of Borrowed Dreams, Felicity Hayes-McCoy
The Printed Letter Bookshop, Katherine Reay
Shelf Life, Nadia Wassef
Small Marvels, Scott Russell Sanders
Dear White Peacemakers, Osheta Moore
Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World, Clara Parkes
February, part 1
Love, Lists and Fancy Ships, Sarah Grunder Ruiz
Joyful, Ingrid Fetell Lee
Some of It Was Real, Nan Fischer
The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane, Kate O’Shaughnessy
Just the Two of Us, Jo Wilde
Shoutin’ in the Fire, Dante Stewart
The Wicked Widow, Beatriz Williams
A Place to Hang the Moon, Kate Albus
Every Living Thing, James Herriot
January, part 2
Kisses and Croissants, Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau
Our Wild Farming Life, Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer
Taste, Stanley Tucci
Blanche on the Lam, Barbara Neely
The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts, Annie Darling
Strange Birds, Celia C. Perez
The Joy of Small Things, Hannah Jane Parkinson
The Reading List, Sara Nisha Adams
Room to Dream, Kelly Yang
Majesty, Katharine McGee
January, part 1
Incognegro, Mat Johnson
If You Ask Me, Libby Hubscher
An Eternal Lei, Naomi Hirahara
The Weekday Vegetarians, Jenny Rosenstrach
Home/Land, Rebecca Mead
Sisters of Night and Fog, Erika Robuck
Most Likely, Sarah Watson
Search, Michelle Huneven
The First Rule of Punk, Celia C. Perez
The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson
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