Author: Sandra

When I was a teenager, I so badly wanted to be this classy, well-read, well-educated woman, and shed both the literal and metaphorical skin of an uncomfortable adolescence. I wanted to read intellectual novels and try to develop some deeper sense of understanding in the world. It was all very dramatic. So, at 15, when […]

She Was the Quiet One by Michele Campbell  Hey everyone! This book was my first ever Goodreads giveaway prize! They also sent along a great tote bag.  I mean, when you read as much as I do (and commute as much as I do), you really can’t go wrong with more totes! This book was also […]

The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand Elin Hilderbrand is an author I’ve seen around for some time, one of those writers I thought I would try at the right time. When I saw a copy of her newest book on Netgalley, I knew I had to request it. Apparently, this is a departure from her […]

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of attending BookExpo, an industry-based conference for people in publishing. There is networking, a mass-distribution of galleys (advance reading copies, autographing…I mean it was intense but incredible! Over this same weekend, Book of the Month hosted an event at a flagship Kiehl’s store on 3rd avenue. I got […]

Hello readers. This review will take on a different format than my usual! I hope you enjoy 🙂 For some background, Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering is about a toxic college romance.  Lucy Albright, a young woman with a damaged, mistrusting relationship with her mother, leaves for college in California to get away from […]

Ok, is it just me, or is a page-turning mystery novel way better than a night of binge-watching? Any book that takes me away from my phone and wanting to engage in the “real world” certainly gets my attention. And for those of you who are experiencing an early summer (*cough cough Chicago*), these books […]

I remember seeing this book cover in a magazine when it first came out, and I was bewitched by the yellow wallpaper. Was this just a creepy image, or an intentional reference to the famous short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper? After reading The Visitors, I think an argument can be made for both. The […]