Lucy on the Wild Side by Kerry Rea was such a wonderful romance between Lucy, the primate specialist at the Columbus Zoo, and Kai...

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a short story, but I read this story in a collection of other short stories. I read Jackson's more...

You Could Make This Place Beautiful is a memoir by Maggie Smith (not the actress) and her experience with betrayal and divorce. As a...

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien, or the final installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was an adventure to read. I don't...

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang is a body horror thriller which explores the narrator's experience of trauma, race, and beauty. The...

This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown by Taylor Harris is a story about the author's son, Tophs, who...

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory was the perfect pick-me-up for pleasure reading. I love a good romance book, and Guillory knows how to...

Anastasia, The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by Carolyn Meyer is, so far, my favorite book in the Royal Diaries series. This one is...

Dog Songs by Mary Oliver is a poetry collection centering and celebrating the beloved four-legged friends that Oliver loves. Not all of...

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is an epistolary novel that tells the romance of Helen Huntingdon/Graham and Gilbert...

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline was an adventure. It follows Wade Watts as he tries to find the golden egg that James Halliday, the...

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay was my introduction to Ross Gay's work, and I liked it. I read this book for the The Stacks...

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave is a mystery thriller that begins when Hannah Hall's husband, Owen, suddenly disappears after a...

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice by Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed was such an incredible delight of a book. I read the 10th anniversary...

The Martian by Andy Weir was my April book club pick for my sorority's book club. This book was out of my comfort zone because I don't...

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan follows Nora, who is a screenwriter for the equivalent of the Hallmark channel. She writes...

Isabel, Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 by Carolyn Meyer is the fictional diary of the 14-year-old princess whose brother, the King, tries...

Hello again!! I've really missed being on here and sharing all of the things about my life, the books I read, and the fun happenings in...

Spare by Prince Harry was all over the internet when it published in January earlier this year. I wasn't originally planning to read it,...

Happy 614 Day! For those of you who don't know what this day is, 614 is the area code for Columbus, Ohio, thus making June 14 an...