Hi all! Though posts this year have been limited, I’m excited to say I have had one of the best reading & writing years of my life. I read around 50 books this year— from 80-page poetry collections to 800+ page fantasy epics (more on that later)— and loved so many of them. I had …
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Top Reads of 2022
Hello & happy holidays all! I’m back (finally) to share my top reads of this past year. I didn’t read as much as I had hoped this year, but I deeply enjoyed the books I did get to. I have seven stand outs from the thirty-or-so I read: three releases from this year, one poetry …
Early 2022 Reads
Hi all! I hope you’ve been well 🙂 I want to share what my reading has looked like the first few months of the year and offer some recommendations of novels I’ve enjoyed over this time. This year has been off to an unexpected start with reading— uncharacteristically, I’ve gravitated towards nonfiction books and short …
Top Reads of 2021
Hello all! Somehow, it is that time of year again— time to reflect and categorize our year, evaluate which goals we did or did not yet reach, and cultivate our “year end” lists. This year, I had a good reading year. I read 40-some books, ranging from slim poetry collections to a 1400 page trilogy. …
Summertime Book Reviews
Hello all! It has been some time since I’ve last updated my blog— summer has now passed in its entirety!— because the past few months were very full and busy. Throughout this busy summer, I found time to read an incredible collection of books, some of which I wanted to share with you here. I’ve …
Quarter Year Wrap Up & Reviews — Early 2021
As March has come to an end, we’re officially a quarter of the way through the year! Throughout these first three months of the year, I’ve read so many wonderful books I’d like to review and recommend. In total, I’ve read 14 books and just over 4000 pages. Here are some more reading statistics from …
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Reorganizing My Bookshelves & My Book Collection
My book collection is split between two places— a small, cultivated collection of favorites in my apartment, and a larger collection of books in my childhood bedroom at my parents’ house. Over the years, as I’ve accumulated books from publishers, gifts, and my own book purchasing, my larger shelf has become a mess. I often …
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Cultivating My 2021 TBR
Welcome to 2021! As we’ve come into the new years, it’s a common time to set goals, including reading goals. While I’ve never participated in setting a coveted Goodreads reading challenge goal, I have typically set some metric based reading goals each year. This year, I’ve decided to make reading goals that aren’t metric based …
Top Reads of 2020
2020 is finally coming to a close. But, more than ever, the new year doesn’t feel like a beginning or an ending. The pandemic is ongoing and severe, the inauguration isn’t until mid January. It’s hard to reflect on goals or create new ones; we’ve seen how unpredictable the world can be. Still, one of …
Some Books I’ve Recently Enjoyed
Hello all! It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog, due to the difficult and overwhelming transition into medical school. Now that things are starting to settle and I have a few exams under my belt, I thought I would come back and provide some recommendations of books I’ve loved recently. Due to my …
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