To me, the best part of summer is heading to the beach with a great book. And the best part of having a birthday right before summer starts is…

Lately I’ve read a few books that just struck me as exceptional. All of them are heavy reads. All of them had moments that made me feel uncomfortable….

I’ve been on a huge reading kick lately! Instead of dedicating a post to each of these books, especially since I didn’t particularly love all of them, I thought…

If you are the kind of person who judges books by their cover, then you already know that Amy Poehler’s book, Yes Please, is awesome. Yes Please is real, hilarious, and inspiring….

“They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.” – Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried Tim…

The Sierra Leone Civil War lasted from 1991–2002. Ishmael Beah’s story begins in 1993, when he was 12 years old. In his harrowingly honest memoir, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs…

When I started this blog, I envisioned it as a travel blog. Nick and I have been traveling a lot, but there are so many other fun things…

“Everything you’re sure is right can be wrong in another place. ” ― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible This book will challenge you, inspire you, change you, make you look…

I honestly don’t even know where to begin talking about 1984. On Amazon’s list of 100 books to read in a lifetime, Nick has been telling me to read…

I was excited to see Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret  on Amazon’s list of 100 books to read in a lifetime because I have heard so many great…