by Vauhini Vara, book 27 of 2022 I really enjoyed the premise of this book and won’t spoil it by sharing more than the book’s description already has. I’d consider […]
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Nettle & Bone
by T. Kingfisher, book 21 of 2022 My take, this is a charming and fun fantasy novel for low stakes enjoyment and dark humor. The main character, Marra, is a […]
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The Altar Within
written by Juliet Diaz, book 15 of 2022 I am definitely not up to date on the spiritual development/growth industry so I’m not sure I understood that aspect of this […]
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The Expectation Effect
by David Robson, Book 10 of 2022 Having studied psychology in college, I felt that I had a fairly good grasp of the ways expectation can affect experience and was […]
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Losing Our Minds
By Dr. Lucy Foulkes, Book 5 of 2022 This book brought something wonderful to the conversation around mental health: context and nuance. There’s a lot of hype around mental health […]
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Bibliolepsy
by Gina Apostol, Book 79 of 2021 As other reviewers have expressed, I’m sure I am not well read enough to understand this book fully. That didn’t keep me from […]
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Olga Dies Dreaming
written by Xóchitl González, book 74 of 2021 This story has it all- humor, romance, political and social commentary. The two main characters are a set of adult siblings from […]
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A Year of Loving Kindness to Myself
written by Brigid Lowry, book 68 of 2021 Let me start by saying I don’t read a lot of spiritual works so I’m not sure my opinion on this should […]
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Care-free Black Girls
A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay, Book 64 of 2021 If you’re going into this for a celebratory atmosphere around black joy and black success, […]