Like many readers, one reason I love books is because they help me learn about the experiences of others — and in that learning, find common ground. They make me feel more connected to people across time and space. In my life as a bookworm, I’ve had many moments of feeling seen, of kinship with authors and characters and other readers. But recently I had the most acute experience of this yet.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin was one of my “4 Before 2024” books, and it did not disappoint. This post is mostly spoiler-free, but if you want to go into this book blind then stop reading here!

There’s been a “10 Before the End” tag floating around Bookstagram, but with the last few months of the year looking busy, I didn’t think I could realistically get around to reading 10 more books before the new year. However, I do thrive off of goals and plans, so that’s why I arrived at four particular books I want to read before 2024. Life is busy and my “to be read” list is, at this point, unwieldy

I’m pretty new to the Kindle game, but I wanted to share a recent purchase that has already upped my ebook reading by quite a margin: this nifty holder.

I first started reading Jane Austen’s work when I was in middle school, but it’s taken me years and years to get around to reading Mansfield Park. I had read Austen’s five other novels and finished her collection of short stories before deciding this spring that the time had come — I had made it this far, and I owed it to Austen to finish all of her works…

Just a quick reading update for today! Here’s what I’m currently reading…

Fourth Wing book review! (Minor spoilers follow…) Can I just say how fun it is to read a hyped book? I loved messaging with friends on Bookstagram of you about Xaden and the dragons and all of the action in this novel!

“It was an afternoon for a pool and a hammock and an undemanding book…” This quote, one of my favorites from A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle, has been my approach to reading this summer. I carried this book around with me on several travel weekends, reading it on the beach, at the lake, by the pool, and pretty much anywhere I felt like escaping to the French countryside.

I finished this behemoth of a book — The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon — and I have SO many thoughts! Keeping them spoiler free because this book is daunting, but I loved going in pretty blind and I’d encourage you to do the same.

Happy Friday and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The Irish poet W. B. Yeats is one of the greats and I take any excuse like this to share his poetry.

I used to pride myself on reading quickly, but I think I’m entering my slow reading era.

Keeping it simple today… here are five of my all-time favorite books that each have a core memory attached to them.

"A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children isn't a good children's story in the slightest." This C.S. Lewis quote has been close to my heart for a long time. I thought about it often as I re-read Harry Potter this year. The books we read can shape our lives. The ones we return to can reflect the subtle (and momentous) changes that we go through as we grow up, and grow older.

I read 103 books last year. Here are the ones that I absolutely cannot forget…

I’ve always loved reading, but I’ve never loved it quite like I do now. I used to have a set, somewhat inflexible idea of the types of books I liked. Thanks in part to Bookstagram, I’ve opened up and learned that…