Category: reading

  • May & June 2026 Reads

    May & June 2026 Reads

    Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World by Kat Armas (4 stars) (book club) In the last decade, I’ve taken some comfort in the thought that none of what we’re experiencing is new – it’s all happened before. This book provides encouraging examples and ways to get through. This…

  • April Reads

    April Reads

    A few days late on this one, but here it is! Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet (4.5 stars) The protagonists of this Miami novel are Izzy, a teenage Pitbull impersonator who wants to be Scarface, and Lolita, the orca at the Miami Seaquarium. And it’s not a comedy. A total…

  • March Reads and Also, I Moved

    March Reads and Also, I Moved

    I’m surprised I logged five books in March, because I spent most of the month wrestling through an ARC of Tia Levings’ new book (which I still haven’t finished). Sight Unseen by Alexis Marie (4 stars) This magical-realism novel is the author’s original adaptation of her GOAT Dramione fanfic, Measure of a Man. It’s a…

  • January & February Reads

    January & February Reads

    Fiction Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (4.5 stars) (ARC) This tradwife thriller (the second one I’ve read directly inspired by Ballerina Farm) is going to be one of the hot reads of 2026. A homesteading influencer, Natalie lives an outwardly perfect life with her cowboy husband, quiverfull of children, and secret staff of nannies and…

  • Everything I Read in 2025

    Everything I Read in 2025

    Yes, it’s January, but I’m just now posting my book roundup for 2025. I didn’t write about books all year and I’m determined to share this! 2025 Book Total: 81 My best showing since 2021, when I read 91 books. Fiction Top 10 I gave limited thought to my top 10s, so let’s not question…