Title: The Salt Path Author: Raynor Winn Publisher: Michael Joesph Page Count: 288 Publication Date: 2018 Category/Genre: NonFiction, Memoir, Autobiography, Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.23) My Rating: ★★★★☆(4) Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and livelihood is taken away. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave … Continue reading Book Review: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Title: Animal Farm Author: George Orwell Publisher: Mass Market Paperback Page Count: 144 Publication Date: 1945 Category/Genre: Fiction, Classics, Dystopia, Fantasy, Academic, Politics Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.92) A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is … Continue reading July Bookclub: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Title: Circe Author: Madeline Miller Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Page Count: 393 Publication Date: 2018 Category/Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Retellings, Mythology, Historical Fiction Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.3) My Rating: ★★★★★(4.5) In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor … Continue reading Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller
Title: The Alchemist Author: Paulo Coelho Publisher: HarperCollins Page Count: 197 Publication Date: 1988 Category/Genre: Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Inspirational, Philosophy, Mysticism Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.85) Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more … Continue reading June BookClub: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
I chose I Thought It Was Just Me: Making The Journey From What Will People Think To I Am Enough by Brené Brown for my April Reading Challenge selection which was to be simply a Non-Fiction book. Originally I didn’t catch that the book was mostly based on shame and the culture surrounding shame and … Continue reading April Reading Challenge: I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown
Title: Suicide Club Author: Rachel Heng Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Page Count: 339 Publication Date: 2018 Category/Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adult Fiction. Dystopia Good Reads Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.32) In this debut set in near future NYC—where lives last 300 years and the pursuit of immortality is all-consuming—Lea must choose between her estranged father and her chance to … Continue reading May BookClub: Suicide Club by Rachel Heng
Title: Never Let Me Go Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Publisher: Vintage Books Page Count: 5288 Publication Date: 2010 Category/Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Contemporary Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.81) From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous … Continue reading March Bookclub: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
