Category: Favorite fiction

  • Book Review: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

    Book Review: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

    ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️ (5 out of 5 cups of tea) Let me begin by saying that I am a huge fan of Liane Moriarty so it is no surprise that I loved her most recent book. If you’re not familiar with this author, maybe you are familiar with the huge TV series hit Big, Little Lies which…

  • Book Review: The Awkward Age a novel by Francesca Segal

    Book Review: The Awkward Age a novel by Francesca Segal

      Order it here ☕☕☕☕ (4 out of 5 cups of tea) Combine adult love with teenage offsprings, blended families, add a dash (or two) of drama, three different generations, and two -not so different- cultures. What do you get? A book where each of its distinct characters has to make choices. These choices affect…

  • Book Review: Everything I Never Told You

    Book Review: Everything I Never Told You

    Order it here A very well written book about the dynamic of a Chinese-American family during the 1970s. It centers around the death of one of the daughters (I am not spoiling any of it, it’s on the first page of the book) and every other character’s reaction to it. The story is told in the present…

  • Seven Dark Books

    Seven Dark Books

    Hola! Happy Halloween! After six years of living in Los Angeles Halloween has become a huge tradition in our family. My kids pick their costumes months in advance, and they like to invite their friends over after trick or treating. Don’t get me wrong, being next-door neighbors with the US we did celebrate Halloween back…

  • Eight Summer Reads

    Eight Summer Reads

      Hello there! I’ve curated a short list of summer reading for you. These are not new releases, they are books I’ve read in the past and, in my opinion, they meet the requirements for a good summer read: Well written Easy and relaxing Engaging plots Super entertaining Prompts interesting and controversial conversations, without being…

  • When That Book Finds You

    When That Book Finds You

      I love to read. I’ve liked stories from a very young age. My mom would play audiobooks for me, and I’d listen to them over and over until I memorized every word. Later on, I learned to read, and a new world opened up to me. I fell in love with words. Every Saturday…