The Ten Thousand Doors of January

09 Sep, 2019 4 min read

“There’s only one way to run away from your own story, and that’s to sneak into someone else’s.” (pg. 92) This quote from The Ten Thousand Doors of January really sums up this book for me: a beautiful escape. I’ll preface with the fact that I am not a fantasy reader. I do not ever choose a fantasy story over a thriller or a romance. I like to stay in this world, but after reading The Ten Thousand Doors of January, I discovered how much I have been missing from other worlds.

Where the Crawdads Sing

12 Aug, 2019 5 min read

I’m fickle; that’s no surprise to anyone who really knows me. I change my mind as often as the wind changes directions, but I have never started a book thinking I did not enjoy it and then pushed through to finish with it in my top 5 favorite books ever. Have you ever experienced this phenomenon?