Hi, friends! Now that it’s mid-May, I’m finally writing this post! April was a solid reading month for me, thanks to a couple of audiobooks. I liked all five books I read last month though they were pretty different from each other. Here’s what I read last month: SCATTERED ALL OVER THE EARTH by Yoko Tawada – 3.5 stars This was one of the first books I received in Letters Sidecar book subscription. It’s a fiction set in a hypothetical future where Japan does not exist anymore and Japanese people living abroad are displaced from their home country forever and unable to converse with their fellow Japanese speakers. Hiruko lives…

Hi, friends! March was not a prolific reading month but I found meaning in each of the three books I read, which I think is a success! I’m also sharing a few more reading-related updates in this post so I hope you find them fun. 🥰 WHAT I READ IN MARCH A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith – 4.5 stars A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is an older release from 1943 and I won a copy from a Bookstagram giveaway! I carried this one over from February but really enjoyed reading it once I got into it. Plot-wise, it’s almost a typical coming-of-age story. Francie Nolan grows up…

MAID: HARD WORK, LOW PAY, AND A MOTHER’S WILL TO SURVIVE by Stephanie Land – 4 stars I had put this on my TBR list after seeing a couple of Bookstagram friends’ reviews. Stephanie Land writes about the time in her life when she unexpectedly found herself as a single mother in desperate and hopeless circumstances. Instead of going to college as she had planned, she becomes a housekeeper in order to survive. She eventually, almost miraculously, is able to pursue her dream of moving to finish school and becoming a writer. Heartbreaking and inspirational, Maid gives a glimpse into the life many people live but we don’t get to…

Happy February, friends! I read quite a bit in January, especially compared to the last several months where my evening reading time has been replaced by mindless TikTok scrolling. I have made effort to prioritize reading first thing in the morning before I start work so I am getting an hour or two of reading done on a daily basis. It also helped that I didn’t spend as much time “creating content” for blog posts and Instagram this month. Another reading-related update: I started using StoryGraph! I had heard about StoryGraph for the first time in 2021 and finally made an account this month. The layout isn’t as pretty or…

Happy New Year, friends! it’s going to take me a while to get used to saying 2022 for at least the next month or so…anyways here’s my last book roundup post for 2021: ACE OF SPADES by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé – 4 stars Students at an elite private academy, popular head girl Chiamaka and quiet musician Devon are starting their senior year with hopes of attending their dream college. Anonymous texter named Aces seems to be maliciously targeting them by spreading their secrets and lies throughout the school. They cannot seem to find a connection except for the fact that they are the only Black students at the school… I stayed…