Everything from lighthearted humor to poignant historical fiction to crazy thrillers to mindblowing nonfiction -- no genre was untouched, and I am so grateful to these stories for getting me through this hectic season.
Top 10 Books of Fall 2021
Category: YA Fiction
What I Read January 2021
Oh hi, it's February 5th, and I still can't stop thinking about all the wonderful books I read in January. I put a lot of pressure on myself to get January right -- it's the first month of the year, a way to kick off my new reading goal.
What I Read March and April 2020
The social distancing period has not been kind to me in many ways, but the books on my bookshelf have been overjoyed by it.
Unreliable Narrators: What I Read in February 2019
I read 10 books in the month of February, and so many of them had unreliable narrators... maybe it's a theme for the month of love?
What I Read: December 2018
I didn’t post one of these in November, because I only read 4 books. I fell into an awful slump, and the books I chose to read were not fast paced enough to get me out of that slump. Luckily, after finishing Anna Karenina, I felt a huge sense of accomplishment, which propelled me to read even more in December. I will be posting my annual “Best of” post in a few days, but I wanted to update this before I began working on that one.
What I Read: October 2018
For some reason, October was a weak reading month for me. It started with the double whammy of homecoming week and the end of the first grading period falling in the first 10 days of the month, and I struggled to get any reading done at all. I finished my first book of the month … Continue reading What I Read: October 2018
All the Rereads: What I Read September 2018
In times of craziness, I always find comfort in revisiting my favorite books. This month, I had some of my favorite rereads of the year.
Suspicious Characters: What I Read August 2018
August was not a great reading month, tbh. With school starting, my brain was definitely somewhere else. I read a lot of books with strange, suspicious characters, and the good books were SO GOOD. Unfortunately, there were probably more not-so-good books. This month was my lowest book count (tied with May at 6) and my … Continue reading Suspicious Characters: What I Read August 2018
Really Good YA: What I Read July 2018
I started and completed 11 books in July, and thanks to the English class I'm teaching this year, I got the chance to read some really good YA fiction!
ALL THE BOOKS: What I Read June 2018
June was a prolific reading month for me... it felt like I read ALL THE BOOKS. In reality, I read 10, which is the most I can remember ever reading in one month. Considering how much I traveled this month for school-related things, I'm impressed that I managed to find time for 10 novels (and … Continue reading ALL THE BOOKS: What I Read June 2018