Bravey by Alexi Pappas

First of all, Alexi Pappas is the coolest. Pro runner. Director. Actress. All around wonderful human. I don’t even know her and I feel really comfortable making that kind of claim. Bravey is such a perfect balance of so many things, delivered in a way that I couldn’t help but devour. Pappas writes like I’m listening…

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Book 3 This was a book I found while cleaning out a shelf at my parent’s house over the holidays. My mom worked for a publishing company for her entire career, so you can find a number of books her company published stacked around the house. This happened to be one of them. Salt Houses…

The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar

Book 2 “A novel inspired by real female pilots during World War II” was how this book was described, so naturally I added it to my cart. The Flight Girls begins in Hawaii just a few days before the attacks on Pearl Harbor. I was imagining a lot of the scenes from the Pearl Harbor…

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

Book 1 I was first introduced to Kate Quinn when I read The Alice Network a few years ago. I was immediately captivated by the story and fell in love with Quinn’s mix of historical fiction and mystery. Like The Alice Network, The Huntress follows 3 characters – Nina Markova, Ian Graham, and Jordan McBride…

A Lost Love

2020 brought all sorts of things nobody asked for. One of the things it gifted me was the chance to rekindle my love affair with reading. And while I didn’t ask for it, I embraced it gratefully. I checked 21 books off my list last year (not including audio books, there were some great audio…