Celeste Ng’s first novel, Everything I Never Told You, made it onto my personal ‘top five books I read in 2016’ list. In fact, I still get chills thinking about it. Ng’s writing is so powerful and deeply, harrowingly insightful. When Ng’s second novel, Little Fires Everywhere, was released last year, and immediately climbed the ranks as a…
Does Listening to an Audiobook Count as Reading?
Does listening to an audiobook count as reading? This is a question I have been grappling with for quite sometime. This blog post has been on my mind for months and months, and once I started digging and reading about the history of audiobooks, I knew I had to share with you.
Perplexing Thoughts about Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Deep exhale. Martha Hall Kelly’s first novel, Lilac Girls was really tough for me to rate on GoodReads. Mainly because I have very strong and conflicting feelings the way in which this story was told. Lilac Girls is based off a true story, the horrors that took place at Ravensbrück, and the ‘Rabbits’ that were experimented on. If this…
Two Audiobooks You’ll Be Glad You Listened To
Some books are meant to be listened to. I’m a firm believer in that, and will preach that until the day I die. Though, I do get a tad anxious anytime I load up a new audiobook, because the flip side of believing some books are meant to be listened to, I also strongly believe…
How to Save Money on Books & eBooks
The cost of being a bookworm can add up very, very quickly. Especially if you’re flying through four, five, or even six books per month — $18 here, $25 there, and next thing you know you’ve spent several hundred dollars in a mere few months. There’s no reason why you need to purchase new and…
Slow It Down
I’m a huge believer in multitasking. I mean, how else am I going schedule appointments and update my planner while I balance my checkbook? Listen to an audiobook while cooking dinner? Write out my to-do list while I eat breakfast? Check my emails and reply to texts while I paint my nails?