This year, I read 77 books and turned 23,554 pages but more than the numbers, these stories stayed with me. From romance and literary fiction to fantasy, memoir, and contemporary reads, these were the books that made me pause, feel, and think a little longer. Favourite books Honorable mentions My 2025 Reading Stats That’s a… Continue reading My 2025 Reading Wrapped
Wrapping up 2024 with 73 books read—a personal record! 🎉 Despite a busy year, I managed to dive into countless incredible stories, discovered new favorite authors, developed a surprising love for thrillers, and read more consistently than ever. It’s been a truly rewarding year of exploring diverse worlds and unforgettable characters. For this year’s recap,… Continue reading Year in Review: My Favourite Books of 2024
“Adding this to my TBR !!!” – famous words uttered by every bookworm you know. For those of you new to the reading world, TBR = To Be Read. The problem with adding everything to your TBR list though, is that eventually..you have to read it! As bookworms, I believe we create our TBR lists… Continue reading The Great Unread: Tackling My TBR List with 24 Books in 2024
This year I read a total of 65 books! I read books that made me cry, books that made me laugh, books that I can’t stop thinking about and books I can’t remember at all. 2023 was the year I also embraced audiobooks. I’ve always been a physical book girlie but adding audiobooks into the… Continue reading Favourite Books of 2023
My rating: 5/5 stars “We don’t just assume that friendship is a second-tier relationship; we act to make it so. Compared to our families and romantic partners, with friends, we invest less time, are less vulnerable, and share less adoration. We see romantic relationships as the appropriate relationship to hitch a flight to see each… Continue reading Review: Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa G. Franco
My rating: 5/5 stars “Many poets and sages throughout the ages have observed that true happiness is found in simple, seemingly unremarkable things. Most people in their restless search for something significant to happen to them, continuously miss the insignificant, which may not be insignificant at all.” A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose… Continue reading Review: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
My rating: 4/5 stars What an eye-opening, well researched and informative read. ‘The Skin We’re In’ goes into great detail about racial discrimination and police brutality in Canada. What I found most interesting was learning about the history of Indigenous and black people in Canada (particularly Nova Scotia), from the first black settlers and the… Continue reading Review: The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer My rating: 5/5 stars “I think there are two kinds of feminist. The famous ones, and everyone else. Everyone else, all the people who go and do what they’re supposed to and don’t get a lot of credit for it, and don’t have someone out there everyday telling them… Continue reading November Wrap-Up 2019
The Book of Love by Fionnuala Kearney My rating: 4.5/5 stars “Life, is about choices. Some we regret. Some we’re proud of, and some will plague us forever.” Round of applause for this beautiful piece of art. This truly is a book of love, in all its beauty, in all it’s pain. It’s the love… Continue reading October Wrap-Up 2019
Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner My rating: 3/5 stars When Cat falls out of a treehouse, she suffers a serious concussion which lands her in the most advanced brain treatment centre in the country. There, she meets four other kids: Ben, Quentin, Sarah and Trent. Soon after arriving at the centre, Cat becomes… Continue reading November Wrap-Up 2018
Dreaming of Book Pages 