4 stars A gorgeous, wonderful, thought-provoking book that has the reading running through a cycle of emotions. Great variety of style and topics with a fantastic way of putting thoughts into words. Francisco has a remarkable way of resonating with the reader and making them feel what he feels. While I didn’t agree with 100%…

3 stars With the rise of female-centered biography list books for readers young and old such as Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women, Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels, and Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History, it was only a matter of time until…

4 stars I recently started going to grad school to get my MLIS. I have a psychology background and am fascinated with representations of people and stereotypes and how they can hinder performance and such. One of my professors suggested this book. This is a book of quotes and photos along with profiles and essays…

Gorgeous and terrifying, this is a magnificent collection of poetry. Covering a range of topics such as ended relationships, death of family members, mental health, and Harry Potter, this book is about life, love, truth, and finding your way through the chaos. I loved this collection. Each poem is hauntingly real and Twohy has a…

5 stars If you’re going into this novel expecting it to be like the recent Netflix series, you will most likely be disappointed. While the series is based on the house featured in the book, it is a very different story. However, I absolutely loved it. By today’s standards, this book isn’t scary. It is…

5 stars This book is absolutely gorgeous. To be honest, I picked this up from the new books section at the library without knowing anything about it. I was just so instantly drawn to its colors and artwork. I love animals and nature so I was interested to see what it was. Then I started…

4 stars This is quite an impressive book, especially for a first novel. I found this in the Little Free Library and was instantly pulled in by the amazing cover art. Once I started reading, I was also pleased to see the fantastic artwork continued throughout the book. They were all gorgeous to look at…

3 stars A few weeks ago, I went to an author talk/reading featuring Landis Blair with Caitlin Doughty. Of course, after hearing the reading, I had to check out the rest of the stories in the book. This book is a gorgeously morbid, gruesomely strange, and overall a good read. It’s not my normal style of reading and…