Books
Little escapades that transport your mind to another realm
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Chorus of Memory and Messiness
An immersive, emotionally heavy family saga that I found deeply moving, even if its sheer length left me clinging to feelings more than to plot details.
Count the Ways: A Love Story in Shards and Second Chances
A tender, quietly devastating portrait of marriage, motherhood, and messy second chances, Count the Ways lingers like a familiar ache you can’t quite shake.
A Fire Sparkling: Secrets, Scars, and the Women Who Outlast War
A family mystery, wartime romance, and the kind of moral grey zones that linger long after the bombs stop falling—this novel hit closer to home than I expected.
The Quarry Girls: Small-Town Secrets with Sharp Teeth
A dark, feminist crime thriller set in the 1970s Midwest, The Quarry Girls turns small-town nostalgia into something sharp, unsettling, and painfully familiar.
A New Earth: Spiritual Awakening Or Just… Fine?
Still waiting to fall in love with New Age books, I found A New Earth thoughtful but not exactly unforgettable. More gentle hum than spiritual mic drop.
The Other Emily: A Haunting Love Story with A Few Loose Threads
Chilling, romantic and a bit unhinged, The Other Emily hooked me late at night—then rushed its own ending like it had somewhere better to be.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky: Courage, Love, and Quiet Devastation in WWII Italy
Perhaps my favourite historical fiction yet, Beneath a Scarlet Sky is a gripping, quietly devastating WWII story set in occupied Italy that really lingers.
The Last Green Valley: Hope, Horror, and the Quiet Courage of Survival
A brutal war, a family on the run, and one fragile sliver of hope: The Last Green Valley turns history into a gut-punching, strangely uplifting odyssey.
The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now
A quiet, powerful guide to mindful living that trades hustle culture for presence, compassion and a little less drama in the chaos of everyday life.
The Hive: Small-Town Secrets with a Venomous Sting
A dark, twisty thriller where wellness culture turns venomous, and sisterhood gets culty. The Hive will make you side‑eye every glossy empowerment brand.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent
Wilkerson’s Caste doesn’t just talk about racism; it redraws the map of power itself—and once you see it, you can’t politely unsee it.
I Was Anastasia: A Novel
Ariel Lawhon’s I Was Anastasia takes my lifelong Romanov obsession and toys with it, twisting memory, identity and truth into one elegant gut punch.
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
A candid, multi-faceted study of how overbreathing can fuel anxiety, why carbon dioxide matters, and simple breathing habits to calm your nervous system.
The Housemaid: A Darkly Addictive Series Now in Theatres
Dark, twisty, and just a bit unhinged, The Housemaid series hooked me fast—even if Freida McFadden’s signature formula is starting to feel familiar.
Blinkist Review: Is a Paid Subscription Worth It?
Torn between Blinkist Free, Premium and Pro? Here’s my honest, year-long review of how Blinkist transformed my reading.
Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender
A soulful self‑help book that swaps toxic positivity for radical emotional honesty and offers a surprisingly practical path to inner calm.
The Secret Lives of Color: A Love Letter to Every Shade You’ve Ever Ignored
Colours have always felt oddly personal to me. In a world that feels grey and hurried, take a deep dive into the history, culture, and emotion behind the vibrant stories of each shade.
The Stranger in the Lifeboat: A Novel
A yacht sinks, God shows up in a lifeboat, and everyone has baggage. A short, spiritual survival tale that’s moving, flawed, and oddly timely.
Portrait of an Unknown Woman: A Gabriel Allon Novel
Espionage meets art forgery and high finance in the 22nd installment of the Gabriel Allon series.
Life of Pi: Faith, Fables, and a Very Bad Time at Sea
Shipwrecks, tigers and theology on a lifeboat: rereading Life of Pi two decades on, I found a stranger, sharper and more unsettling novel than I remembered.
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.
The man who never reads lives only one.”
— George R.R. Martin