One thing I noticed when I first started reading this book is that for as much as I love reading historical books, they tend to be historical fiction instead of historical nonfiction. I must like that invisible unknowing line between reality and fiction. "The more you invest in a set of beliefs—the greater the sacrifice... Continue Reading →
If you were to ask any of my friends or family what the last genre they would ever see me reading, they probably would automatically say thriller/horror. I am like the ultimate Scaredy Pants when anything horror is involved. I literally walked out of Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter 4 (when I was... Continue Reading →
When this book was first chosen for one of the book clubs I’m in, I was very on the fence about it. I am just not a fantasy reader. I’ve tried and can never get absorbed into the words like I can with other books. Man, did this book change that for me. The House... Continue Reading →
How are we already at April? Is it just me or has 2022 already kind of flew by. I feel like I say that every year though. Time goes so fast, unless it's when you want time to go fast and it goes as slow as a snail trying to win a track race. So... Continue Reading →
My dear friend Mary recommended this book to me and if you have met her or ever get to read some of her work you know that she has the gift of storytelling. She doesn't see the world like so many of us do. She see's a trampoline and instead it's a school for kids... Continue Reading →
I'm just going to start this post by saying this book could easily be my top read of 2022. I'm predicting that now. We've only just started March and that is how much I loved this book. It's a book that I believe everyone should read at some point in their life. An absolutely incredible... Continue Reading →
March has finally arrived! Spring is just around the corner (she says while it is a balmy 20 degrees without windchill this fine Chicago day and knowing that the universe is going to say HA about it being spring and dump a foot of snow on a random day in March or April). Ah Spring.... Continue Reading →
I, like many other Americans, love anything that has to do with the royal family. It's such a foreign concept (pun intended) to us that I think we can't help but grasp on anything revolving around them. I think there's always been an interest in them but it wasn't until Princess Diana that people really... Continue Reading →
I feel like I say this a lot but I just wanted to give this book a hug, which is an incredibly weird way to start this post I know. I literally texted a friend of mine at 30 pages in to the book on how much I loved this book and just wanted to... Continue Reading →
Art has never really been something that I've been super into. I mean I like to look at it, especially street art, but majority of the time I have no idea what I am even looking at or could tell you anything about the piece. In art class growing up I was definitely there just... Continue Reading →
The Library Abroad 