Another month FLEW by...or perhaps it's just that they all blend together in this wibbly-wobbly-work-from-homey time. At least we always have books. Also just a little shout out that this month (August, that is) I'm participating in the MS Readathon - mostly to raise funds for kids whose parents have MS, but partially so I … Continue reading July Reads | Wrap Up
What better time to post my June reads than...halfway through July. I've been a bit distracted from this blog lately, as you can possibly tell! But I am still regularly popping mini reviews up on my Instagram - @acosyreader! One reason for my distraction is that I gifted myself an iPad Pro & Apple Pencil … Continue reading June Reads | Wrap Up
Hi hello yes I went on a little romance-fiction binge but hey can you blame me? How good is uplifting fiction when the world has kind of gone to sh*t! (-: WHAT'S IT ABOUT? IS ANYONE'S LIFE... Beth shows that women really can have it all. Ruby lives life by her own rules. And then … Continue reading So Lucky – Dawn O’Porter | Review
It's no secret that The Flatshare was one of my top read is 2019 - so I of course JUMPED at the chance to read and review the newest romance from Beth O'Leary - The Switch - which hit shelves in April this year. WHAT'S IT ABOUT? When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take … Continue reading The Switch – Beth O’Leary | Review
Another month, another wrap up! I haven't quite kicked my brain back into gear with reviews, but I'm enjoying jotting down these 'mini' reviews in monthly wrap ups as a reminder 🙂 The Friend Zone - Abby Jimenez I read this lil romance read as part of the FOMO Buddy Read on Bookstagram - it … Continue reading April Reads | Wrap Up
We’re back on the audiobook memoir train, people! Celebrities narrating their own memoirs makes me happy, I love hearing the genuine emotion in the narration and this one is no exception (but a bit more uh...honest...than your run-of-the-mill memoir!) BLURB American comedian Ali Wong shares the wisdom she's learned from a life in comedy and … Continue reading Dear Girls – Ali Wong | Review
What a hectic month March was! Moving to work from home life while still being so fresh in my new role & workplace has definitely been a challenge - but thankfully I still had books to help comfort & distract me from an otherwise pretty intense month! Little Women - Louisa May Alcott I really … Continue reading March Reads | Wrap Up
What a joy it is to pick up a book you know to be much-loved, and generally well received, and feel the same genuine delight within its pages. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was that book for me, through and through. I had seen it everywhere, of course heard about the movie (no, … Continue reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows | Review
Alright my 2020 resolve to review half the books I read has already failed miserably - partially because it's already been a super hectic year, and partially because I'm managing to read WAY more books already thanks to being back on a train commute instead of driving! So let's count these wrap ups as reviews … Continue reading February Reads | Wrap Up
My final read for 2019 and boy was it a great one! For something different, I listened to the audiobook of this (through my local library using the Libby app), read by Lin Manuel Miranda. BLURB Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe follows Aristotle through his somewhat lonely teenage years, but when … Continue reading Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe – Benjamin Alire Saenz | Review
