A Literary Lifestyle
I love reading 2021 reading summary posts and adding a bunch of books to my TBR! My Storygraph TBR grows everyday and is well into the 500s but there are too many good books and not enough hours in the day to read them all. What was your favorite book of 2021? I found a…
If you're on the same side of TikTok as me, you've probably heard about Wordle. It's so popular that Google created a custom Wordle logo that shows up when you search for the game. The rules of Wordle are simple: guess what the five-letter word of the day is using hints that the game provides.…
What is it about this wonderful, massive, intimidating world that attracts us so? Why aren’t we content with a little settlement somewhere in the mountains with a running spring of water and a dog to warm our feet? Come to think of it, that actually sounds pretty nice. But that’s not enough for me. And…
How can a person know everything at 18 and nothing at 22? Taylor Swift, per usual, says it best. On the eve of my 23rd birthday, this line from “Nothing New (Taylor’s Version)” sticks with me because I indeed knew everything at 18. Now that I’m about to be 23, I feel like I know…
No trip to the coast is complete without a good vacation book. I’m heading down to Florida this week and can’t wait to soak up some sun and dive into some stories. Here’s my Florida beach vacation reading list: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid I finally got my hands on bookstagram’s summer darling! TJR…
Every month, I send out my monthly wrap-up newsletter, which ties together all of my favorite posts, products, and more from that month. My favorite section to write for the newsletter is the “required” reading: a list of articles that I read and loved that month. The "required" reading is a guide to what to…
I normally reach for thrillers in the winter, but I’ve had such a hankering for a fast-paced story these days. Summer thrillers hit a little different! Here are some summer thrillers that I read and loved, and some I’ve got my eye on: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Hannah and her…
Continue reading ➞ Summer thrillers: six book recommendations
If you and your girl gang are heading Southwest, I can’t recommend this itinerary enough! My college friends and I celebrated our graduation with a six-day trip to Palm Springs and Las Vegas and it was the absolute perfect location. Here’s what we did, ate, and loved: DAY 1: get settled We started in Palm…
Continue reading ➞ Palm Springs and Las Vegas road trip diary 🏜
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid “Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored…
She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard This book requires some suspension of belief, but once you’re safely in that YA thriller mindset, it’s a wild ride. The story is set in an image-obsessed San Diego where two young girls find themselves tangled up with disaster and tragedy while also exploring their attraction to…
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