The Book Witch Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest opinion. She can hop into any novel, she just can’t stay there. Come along with the book witch in this magical and inspiring love letter […]
The Road Back The sequel to the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back is a classic novel of the slow return of peace to Europe in the years following World War I. After four grueling years, the Great War has finally ended. Now Ernst and the […]
The Good Earth This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider […]
All Quiet on the Western Front Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Classics for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Galvanized by youthful idealism and patriotic fervor, nineteen-year-old Paul Bäumer and his schoolmates enlist in the German army at the onset […]
I finished December with 20 ARCs left to be read. January was a doozy here in New York. The weather was colder than I remember it being in a long time, and we got more snow than I’ve seen in years. Mom and I were prepared for the […]
I have managed to amass so many books that I am really excited for this post. It isn’t going to take a lot of thinking back through lists of books that I have read and only vaguely recall. This week’s prompt is the first ten books I randomly […]
October went by in what felt like the blink of an eye, even though it wound up being more of a slower paced month. The month was a fun one, with a few birthdays and some holidays. For my family, it started out busy and slowed as the […]
Hi! I took the last few Tuesdays off, and have been prioritizing my health and really focusing on relaxation. This week’s topic came from Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog, and its about books with honorifics in the title (with an honorific being a form of address conveying esteem, […]
I don’t know how it is where you live, but in New York it feels like spring is almost here. We’ve been getting a lot of rain (April showers!) and the trees and bushes and flowers are all starting to show signs of life. I’m already in a […]
This week’s prompt is a challenge, and it was submitted by Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits. I’m going to be talking about the earliest published books that are on my TBR. I anticipate it to be a challenge because I don’t typically read books that are older, and classics […]
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