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Caste

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson was released in the fall of last year to great acclaim. Wilkerson previously authored The Warmth of Other Suns, and she is also the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism. I should start by disclosing that I’m not an unbiased reader of this book. Isabel Wilkerson is …

The Splendid and the Vile

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson was released earlier this year in February 2020. I read Larson’s fantastic book The Devil in the White City a couple years back and absolutely loved it, so I’ve been wanting to read another one of his books. Unfortunately, while this is a solid book about WWII …

Untamed

I’ve been listening to Untamed by Glennon Doyle on audiobook on and off for the past week or so. It’s not typically something that would interest me, but it’s been so popular that I wanted to check it out anyway. I ended up liking it quite a bit more than I’d thought I would. Untamed …

Catch and Kill

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow was released this week, and it’s really good. The book spans a period of three years, between 2016 and 2019, covering Farrow’s investigation into, publication of, related research and the aftermath of his exposé on Harvey Weinstein in the New Yorker. …

50 Best Book Blogs to Read in 2022

Book blogging can be fun, but reading other literary and book blogs is part of the fun as well. I often prefer book reviews from other bloggers over ones in literary magazines or newspapers, since they’re sometimes more straightforward and candid about their thoughts. When it comes to other book blogs, I tend to follow …