January was a month of solitude. Days spent reading that lasted well into the late evening. I read anywhere from memoirs to historical fiction to dystopian settings. Each book a unique journey.  Everything I read in January was about grief, letting go, and the relationship with have with ourselves. (more…)

Last year my reading goal was 40 books and I ended up reading 48! While I pushed myself throughout the year to hit my goal, I spent December taking pleasure in, slowing down my reading. I wanted to fully submerge myself in the stories that were being told. From the beauty of the ballet to the realness of motherhood to the magic of Christmas, these 3 books were all about second chances. Here is everything I read in December. (more…)

This spooky season I decided to get into the Halloween spirit by reading a few haunted books. But it wasn’t all ghosts and witches, I read books about grief, relationships, and life journeys. From memoirs to magical lands, here is everything I read in October.  (more…)

If there was one continuous theme throughout the books that I read in September it would be grief. I didn’t mean to only read books of such sorrow, it just happened. It taught me that grief isn’t linear. It looks and feels different for everyone. Each book showed various ways in which the characters dealt with different forms of grief. Each had its own story to tell. (more…)