Author: Sandra

It’s been a while since I’ve finished a book in a day, but crummy Chicago weather really helped me sit down with this page-turner. I was a Psychology of Criminal Justice minor in my undergrad years, and a Law Minor in Grad School. I love alllll things legal, and my friend Sara and I can […]

Master of His Fate is a step in a new direction for me. I started reading historical fiction a few years ago, but never quite ventured earlier than the 1920s. Plus, I think it’s fair to add the category of romance (especially as there were spicier scenes that I was not expecting- no wonder Ms. Bradford […]

  Lately, I’ve had so many books come into my life at just the right time. I had just finished Master of His Fate by Barbara Taylor Bradford, and towards the end of the book, there was a reference to the phrase “Buccaneers.” While I immediately thought of pirates, The phrase stems from the Edith […]

Folks in the book world have a few expected places from which they get book recommendations, such as the New York Times Book Review, BookPage, and other book reviewers. However, one of my favorite places for book recommendations that I’ve loved for years is Vogue magazine.  His Favorites by Kate Walbert was highlighted in the […]

After reading a slew of depressing fiction that took me a while to read, I was eager to get into a fast-paced mystery. I saw trailers for the film The Little Stranger, and as luck would have it, my reserved copy from a library hold was released just as I was finishing the Saltwater Reads […]

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 […]