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What I Read — June 2023

As we entered June, with the warm promise of summer to come, I couldn't help but indulge in some easier-to-read books while soaking up the turquoise waters of Lake Bled in Slovenia.

booksSarah HarperJuly 9, 2023book blog, The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak, historical fiction, Cyprus, love story, Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, conflict, slow burn, sensory writing, Spells for Forgetting, learning, Turkish/Greek conflict, lyrical prose, love, loyalty, heritage, The London Séance Society, Sarah Penner, mystery, Paris, séance, spiritualism, high-profile murder, crime, deceit, Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships, Nedra Glover Tawwab, psychology, establishing boundaries, complex relationships, family dynamics, enmeshment, gaslighting, neglect, abuse, single parent, divorced parents, blended family, emotional abuse, physical abuse, breaking cycles, Maybe in Another Life, Taylor Jenkins Reed, romance, Los Angeles, high school friends, alternate narratives, divergent paths, formulaic chick lit, immaturity, Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt, classic, eternal life, consequences, immortality, philosophical journey, romantic novels, emotional storytelling, historical novels, cultural conflicts, paranormal mysteries, supernatural elements, self-help books, love triangles, alternate timelines, young adult fiction, coming-of-age stories, philosophical fiction, mortality, booktok, book, book review, book recommendation, bookstagram, book recommendations, book lover, book list, books, book club, audiobook, audiobooks, reese's book club, reading review, read, read 52 in 52, read 52, reading, read 21 for 2021, reading list, reading goals, reading challenge, reading habitsComment

What I Read — September & October 2022

Apparently autumn is the time for me to fall heavy into spooky books with a generous side of betterment…

booksSarah HarperNovember 3, 2022book review, booktok, book, book club, bookstagram, books, book list, book recommendations, reading challenge, reading review, read, read 52 in 52, read 52, reading, read 21 for 2021, reading list, reading goals, fall reads, fall, autumn, autumn reads, audible, audiobook, libby, libby app, library, mindset, carol dweck, psychology, nonfiction, self helf, self-care, self care, self help, laziness does not exist, devon price, laziness, dracula, horror, classic, classics, literary classic, literature, bram stoker, vampire, transylvania, count dracula, bobby bones, fail until you don't, philosophy, memoir, practical magic, alice hoffman, fantasy, magic, witches, witch, witchery, rules of magic, magic lessons, bones and all, young adult, ya, YA fiction, stephen king, it, pennywiseComment

What I Read — June 2022

Halfway through the year, I unconsciously gravitated towards books that helped me live my one-word theme for 2022…

booksSarah HarperJuly 11, 2022book, book review, book list, book recommendations, book club, books, bookstagram, audiobook, short books, reading challenge, reading review, read, read 52 in 52, reading list, read 52, reading, reading goals, summer reading, summer reads, yearbook, seth rogan, the storied life of aj fikry, gabrielle zevin, memoir, fiction, the siren, katherine st. john, katherine st john, thriller, the untethered soul, michael a singer, michael singer, the half life of ruby fielding, lydia kang, self help, self care, historical fiction, virginia woolf, mrs dalloway, classic, classics, literary classic, libby, library, literature, the obesity code, health nonfiction, jason fung, intermittent fasting, marie forleo, everything is figureoutable, happier, happier podcast, buy yourself the f lilies, buy yourself the f*cking lilies, tara schuster, memior, the reading list, sara nisha adams, wild and wicked things, francesca may, fantasyComment

What I Read — May 2022

It’s officially summer in Europe aka the best time of year! You can definitely tell that my brain space was in dire need of everything light, fluffy and warm fuzzy this month…

The Reading List - 2019

Enter 2019 and a whole slew of new goals, with reading 19 books in 2019 at the very top of the list! Last year, I learned having an active reading list made me much more likely to start a new book immediately. Here is the stack I’m entering 2019 with…

booksSarah HarperJanuary 16, 2019books, reading, read, reading list, book list, the immortalist, chloe benjamin, the song machine, john seabrook, the beautiful and the damned, f scott fitzgerald, dark matter, blake, blake crouch, the girl on the train, paula hawkins, firefly lane, kristin hannah, the handmaid's tale, margaret atwood, stargirl, jerry spinelli, one more thing, bj novak, wild, cheryl strayed, middlesex, jeffrey eugenides, sharp objects, gillian flynn, the postmortal, drew magary, tips for living, renee shafransky, player piano, kurt vonnegut, thinking fast and slow, david kahneman, amazon, kindle, resolutions, fiction, non-fiction, thriller, sci-fi, biography, suspense, mystery, classic, literature, literary classic, happier, gretchen rubin, harry potter, goodreads, jk rowling, j.k. rowling, the giver, an american marriage, oprah, book club, reading challenge, i get to, alicia dunams, beautiful exiles, meg waite clayton, the last of the savages, jay mcinerney, self help, historical fiction, big magic, elizabeth gilbert, bestseller, a wild sheep chase, haruki murakami, japan, everything is awful, matt bellassai, the whiskey sea, ann howard creel, the devil in the white city, erik larson, rory gilmore challenge, tayari jones, eleanor & park, rainbow rowell, circe, madeline miller, are you sleeping, kathleen barber, factfulness, true crime, fantasy, contemporary fiction, YA fiction, autobiography, magical realism, psychological thriller, science nonfiction, TED talk, horror fiction, the visible filth, nathan ballingrud, armie hammer, the universe has your back, gabrielle bernstein, born to run, christopher mcdugall, running, lois lowryComment

The Reading List - 2018

February, oh February! This frigid month was christened Read Month in my Plans & Projects. The rules for Read Month are simple...

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