February was mainly devoted to taking care of two rowdy puppies that just turned 3 months old. And by taking care of, I mean cleaning up after. The rescue told us that they were chihuahua mixes based on the mom, but I think that mix was really diluted […]
Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways: A Memoir Thank you to libro.fm and Zibby Books for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. Brittany Means’s childhood was filled with abuse, neglect, violence, and instability, in part caused by her […]
Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. Following the bestselling success of the inspiring All the Way, pioneering Inuit NHLer Jordin Tootoo begins the process […]
American Wolf: From Nazi Refugee to American Spy Thank you to Amsterdam Publishers for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In the summer of 1941, 11-year-old Wolf is growing up amidst the rubble and antisemitism of war-torn Nazi Berlin. Destitute […]
This week’s prompt is a freebie, so I’m going to talk about some books I’ve read recently that are definitely underrated. Every so often I come across a book that is fantastic, but I’ve never heard about before. It feels like the same book are always hyped on […]
You Are My Sunshine: A Story of Love, Promises, and a Really Long Bike Ride CONTENT WARNING: mention of cancer A laugh-out-loud funny true story of a loving relationship, a grand adventure, and a promise kept. It was only a few years after the starry-eyed young couple got […]
March has arrived, and I’m actually a little disappointed! Hang on, let me explain. In my part of New York, we barely got any winter. I was able to walk around in short sleeves for half of the winter, we got a few cold weeks, and we had […]
This week, the prompt was a genre freebie and I decided to do something completely out of character. I’ve always been a fiction reader through and through, and only read nonfiction when I absolutely had to, like when it was assigned for classes. But last year, I decided […]
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, […]
So far, I’ve already done posts about my favorite nonfiction books of 2022, my monthly favorites, and some about audiobooks that I really enjoyed. So this time, I want to talk about my favorite debuts of 2022: What are some 2022 debuts that you loved?
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