Tag: nonfiction

• A Year in Books (2022)

  I count the following favorite titles (out of a total ~100 read in 2022) as gifts—glimpses of grace that broke through the fortress of fog around my mind and somehow succeeded in offering me tiny oases amid madness. Perhaps you’ll resonate with something here that inspires your next read! *Some of these words are taken […]

  Eliana

  December 29, 2022

  Books

  book recommendations, book review, Books, favorite books, fiction, Goodreads, nonfiction, Poetry, reading, reading list

• A Year in Books (2021)

  In 2021, I read approximately 27,071 pages across 105 books. Per habit, tradition, ritual, etc., I’ve compiled some of my favorites here for your perusal. I hope these stories share something of hope from my bookshelf (and reading community) to yours. *Some of these words are taken from my Goodreads reviews, lest you believe I’m […]

  Eliana

  January 1, 2022

  Books

  book recommendations, Books, favorite books, fiction, nonfiction, Poetry

• in an apartment kitchen, alone

  “The Bookshop” hangs suspended at the scene where Ms. Green meets Mr. Brundish. Halfway through the movie, they’re having tea together in an ill-lit dining room that looks like it used to boast grand parties. His white hair feels vaguely reminiscent of Albert Einstein, except if Einstein had made it a habit to carefully comb […]

  Eliana

  September 1, 2019

  Rambles

  apartment, family, loneliness, nonfiction, Stories, storytelling, writing