Pride and Prejudice is set in rural England at the turn of the 19th century, and it follows the Bennet family, which includes five very different sisters. The eldest, Jane, is sweet-tempered and modest. She is her sister Elizabeth’s confidant and friend. Elizabeth, the heroine of the novel, is intelligent and high-spirited. She shares her…
My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths…
At the end of their apprentice year, Aether’s Guard headed off to Buldoun for an international tournament. They had allies there in the Swift Wind and Iron Hand clans, but they also had to deal with the Eternal Flame; Nick Shun had no interest in letting go of his perceived grudge against Aether’s Guard. However,…
A Reese’s Book Club + Hello Sunshine on Audible Pick “My March pick is here! It’s Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and it ROCKS. Literally. The story centers on the meteoric rise of a rock band in the ’70s and its lead singers, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne, whose connection is…
Aesop’s Fables. They were once simply the words of a slave; a man who lived 600 years before Christ. They were written down by a Greek, and then a Roman, and they spread, like the armies of Rome, across the known world. They were told around heathen campfires, and noble hearths; whispered in sacred monasteries…
Atomic Habits An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, is a practical guide for how to make and keep new habits. After reading a few chapters, the easy-going and friendly tone of the read engages me to continue on. The author correlates plenitude and wellness with deep science and…
In the dark forest where the cottage is located, it is simple to miss it. Although it may appear to be collapsing and covered with weeds from the outside, it is actually warm and cozy inside. The fireplace’s fire is crackling. On the stove, dinner is simmering. Maya had thought this cabin was a picture-perfect…
Full of Jojo Moyes’ signature humor, brilliant storytelling, and warmth, in Someone Else’s Shoes Nisha Cantor is forced to confront the reality of her life when her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off financially. Until her husband gives her the news of their impending divorce and cuts her off, Nisha Cantor leads the…
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is driven to free her companion Darlington from damnation in Leigh Bardugo’s Hell Bent. In order to achieve this, she gathers a group of dubious friends and works her way through a maze of obscure writings and strange objects to learn the societies’ most closely-guarded secrets. A few months have passed since…
The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz is a novel about Katie, a young artist who has retreated to an isolated stone house on Jacob’s Ladder island following a devastating loss and crushing injustice. The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret government research facility, and two agents have arrived on…