Mini reviews
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Planning my summer reading
Each season comes with its own reading pros and cons, but I think reading in the summer might be my favorite. I love reading outside, bringing books with me on long weekend adventures, and hearing the cicadas outside my open window as I turn the pages. With May nearly in the rearview mirror, it’s time Continue reading
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Mini Reviews: Productivity, priorities, and gardening
Yet another round up of some eclectic reads. Let’s go! The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing. I loved this book. It’s so many things at once: Laing’s relationship with gardening generally and a garden they recently started tending to; an exploration of the horrific colonial roots of so many famous gardens; a discussion of Continue reading
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Mini Reviews: Nonfiction about women
2025 has turned out to be quite the year of reading nonfiction for me, which I love. Here are three fantastic nonfiction reads about women (who happen to be writers). Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley is a comprehensive, thoughtful biography of, dare I say, one of the best known and loved Continue reading
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Mini Reviews: The bittersweet
Some of my favorite books end up being ones that are bittersweet, that capture a sense of nostalgia, gratitude, and longing all rolled into one. Here are a few recent reads that have reminded me of that Kacey Musgraves song — happy and sad at the same time. Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith is a Continue reading
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Mini Reviews: Warming up with poetry
Despite it being almost March, it is still solidly winter where I live (it is, in fact, snowing as I write this). I’ve been filling my pockets of spare time with copious amounts of knitting — and, when my focus allows, reading. Here are a handful of poetry collections I’ve read that have made the Continue reading
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Mini Reviews: shipwrecks, essays about reading, and tales of the beauty industry
A round up of recent reads, in the form of some mini reviews. Let’s go! The Wager by David Grann reconstructs the story of a harrowing shipwreck in the 1700s and the gruesome aftermath of loss, survival, and struggle as the men tried to make their way back to England. I read this one for Continue reading
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i’m holly — former english major, current twenty-something book lover, allergic to nuts. drop me a line at nutfreenerd@gmail.com or on instagram.
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