by Michelle | Jan 4, 2023 | Books Read in 2022
I might not have written many real reviews, i.e., longer than a paragraph, and I certainly wasn’t present online outside of Instagram for the year. However, from a reading perspective, 2022 was a great year! Let’s review, shall we? I finished 153 books and...
by Michelle | Jan 3, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, N Author, Read My Own Book
The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni is the much-anticipated (by me, at least) finale in The Prison Healer series. Ms. Noni delivers everything I was hoping plus more. She does so in a way that surprises, entertains, and satisfies. For a series ender, you couldn’t...
by Michelle | Jan 2, 2023 | Sunday Reflections
Reading: A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon Listening: Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad and The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin Watching: We got into rewatching Ocean’s Eleven the other day and realized we never watched any of the sequels. So we...
by Michelle | Jan 1, 2023 | Books Read in 2023
A new year. A fresh start. Some people chose to start the new year with resolutions meant to establish self-improvement areas and set the tone for the year. Us bibliophiles? We select our first book. It is a ritual that is as meaningful as creating resolutions or...
by Michelle | Dec 29, 2022 | Book Review, Books Read in 2022, R Author
So many people recommended Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski to me last year when seeking recommendations from friends as part of a year-long reading challenge that I purposely kept it for last, thinking it would be the best recommendation of the year. Perhaps it was the...