by Shauna Niequist Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Memoir Publisher: Zondervan Length: 240 pages Published: August 9, 2016 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars “A few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated, my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on […]
by David Small Genres: Graphic Nonfiction/Novel, Memoir, Young Adult Literature Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. Length: 329 pages Published: September 8, 2009 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award and finalist for two 2010 Will Eisner Comic […]
by Carlo Rovelli Genre: Science, Nonfiction, Physics Publisher: Riverhead Books Length: 86 pages Published: March 1, 2016 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Everything you need to know about the beauty of modern physics in less than 100 pages. In seven brief lessons, Italian […]
by J.D. Vance Genres: Autobiography, Nonfiction, Politics Publisher: Harper Length: 257 pages Published: June 28, 2016 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 2 out of 5 stars (did not finish) Official Book Summary: “From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust […]
by Kate Morton Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery Publisher: Atria Length: 484 pages Published: October 9, 2012 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “During a summer party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house […]
by Elizabeth Acevedo Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Poetry Publisher: HarperTeen Length: 368 pages Published: March 6, 2018 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship […]
by Stacy Schiff Genres: Biography, U.S. History, Nonfiction Publisher: Back Bay Books Length: 512 pages Published: September 20, 2016 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Audible My Goodreads Rating: 2.5 or 3 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff, author of the #1 bestseller Cleopatra, provides an electrifying, fresh view […]
I’m almost two weeks late in posting a quarterly reading list, but it’s finally ready. Below is a list of the books I read in April, May, and June of this year. Please feel free to share your reading lists and recommendations in the comments section below! Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell The […]
The Book with No Pictures by B. J. Novak “This is a book with no pictures. It might seem like no fun to have someone read you a book with no pictures. It probably seems boring and serious. Except… Here is how books work: Everything the words say, the person reading the book has to […]
by Richard Hack “Defeated, Agatha returned home and sat alone that night at the dinner table. The scene of that morning’s confrontation replayed itself in an endless loop, always ending with the same bitter threat. Desperate, yet hardly without resources or the determination to save her marriage, she began to craft a plan worthy of […]
by Andy Weir “Every human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It might not seem that way sometimes, but it’s true.” I know I’m a bit late posting on this one, but wow! It is so entertaining! In The Martian, Andy Weir tells the story of botanist/engineer/astronaut Mark Whatney and his […]
I didn’t know how much I enjoyed nonfiction (memoir, CNF, biography, history, etc.) until I became aware of how diverse the genre could be. As an undergraduate student, if you would have asked what I thought of nonfiction, I likely would have flashed back to reading long nonfiction essays in my early American literature course […]
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie “Some people ask: ‘Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?’ Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general—but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific […]
Jactionary: Book Review and Infographic: Grit by Angela Duckworth
by Angela Duckworth Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help Publisher: Collins Length: 352 pages Published: May 3, 2016 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 3.5 or 4 out of 5 stars (infographic down below!) Official Book Summary: “In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, […]