8.8 Watchmen
byIt’s amazing how a comic book written in the 1980s can feel so relevant today, in the context of the war in Iran and the general craziness…
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7.3 How to be both
byI have long been curious about Ali Smith’s books. I tried reading one of her books some time ago, but struggled with it and…
8.1 The Sicilian
byThere are times when one doesn’t have the headspace to dive into a new book, when the comfort of old and familiar feels better….
Top Ten Tuesday | Books On My Spring 2026 Reading List
byTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week, you compile a list of ten books that coincide with…
7.6 Life After Life
byI stumbled onto this book pretty randomly, so I had no idea what I was getting into. The premise was interesting. The prose was…
7.6 My Beloved Life
byMy Beloved Life had been sitting unread on my bookshelf ever since I finished We That Are Young. I’d got the two back-to-back, craving…
6.6 Second Life
byJust from the flimsy book synopsis alone, I should have realized there wasn’t much meat to this thriller. But I casually flipped through the…
Best books from the last Decade
byMy social media feed is full of people comparing their 2016 selves to their 2026 selves, posting pictures of themselves 10 years ago and…
8 The Marriage Portrait
byThe Marriage Portrait has been sitting unread on my shelf ever since I read the heartbreaking Hamnet. I knew this book was about a…
6.9 We That are Young
byWe That are Young is a modern-day King Lear set in India. The setup is a rich industrial dynasty in the style of the…