Arbitrary Madness. Artistic Exploration. Dope Things.
The circus arrives without warning. The opening lines coupled with the black, white and red cover of The Night Circus have held my interest for a while now. I remember picking it up and setting it down several times in the bookstores. Maybe it was because of the size of the book. I can read sizableContinue Reading “The Night Circus.”
Allow me to list all the compliments that come to mind when I think of Stephanie Garber’s Caraval. When the review said “spellbinding” they weren’t lying. That book was magical. I haven’t felt this way about a book since Red Queen. Why do all of the good books need sequels? It’s like fantastic and intricate plots require installmentsContinue Reading “Caraval.”
I met the character Hamish Macbeth late in his career as a lazy, romantically doomed police constable in Scotland. Having become familiar with M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin series, I had an idea what to expect, but also no clue. The reasons I loved Agatha Raisin just couldn’t transfer across genders: Agatha Raisin is middle-aged yetContinue Reading “Death of a Liar (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery).”
In college, I needed an excuse to study people and their behaviors so I minored in sociology. Now, I read books like The Power of Habit and go, “That’s fascinating” in the nerd voice that lives inside my head. I immediately knew I would like this book when it started to remind me of Malcolm Gladwell’s books. IContinue Reading “The Power of Habit.”
There is something comforting about reading about other peoples’ lives being driven into the dirt. In a completely unsettling, self-loathing kind of way. Reading Ariel Levy’s memoir, The Rules Do Not Apply, made me feel better about my life, while simultaneously making me fearful as hell that life is just a cycle of bullshit indented with periodsContinue Reading “The Rules Do Not Apply.”
I’m impressed by DJ Khaled’s consistency. Reading The Keys was like watching his snapchats, but with explanations. Meaningful explanations. If you follow DJ Khaled, you know a few important things: he’s positive, he loves his fans and his life, and he has a lot of catchy phrases. We the best. Fan luv. Lion. Boomin’. TheContinue Reading “The Keys.”
Raise your hand if you’re a fan of The Golden Girls! How about Murder, She Wrote? Now, imagine a combination of the two–a sassy, older lady with an active love life going around and solving crimes in a small village. Boom, now you’ve got Agatha Raisin. I figured you’re probably tired of reading about all myContinue Reading “Agatha Raisin.”
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up has made me a believer. I walked past this book for about half a year like, “Nah, I don’t need to learn how to clean. I’ve got this.” I wish somebody told me what I was missing out on. Fortunately, I eventually checked the book out and now I’mContinue Reading “The life-changing magic of tidying up.”
The thing that I immediately appreciated about The Secret is that it told you what the secret was in the first chapter. The secret is the law of attraction. The end. Yet, I kept reading. The Secret is unlike any other book I’ve read and I figure that may be because the movie came first.Continue Reading “The Secret.”
I would give this book 5/5 stars, but I had to deduct at least one star for her interest in topics that are too painful for me to ever read again. I have this beautiful habit of reading a chapter of a book first thing in the morning, to start my day off right. Well,Continue Reading “Difficult Women.”
