Set at the backdrop of the turn of the century, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” follows a privileged narrator (thin, pretty, white, rich, you get the gist) who hibernates in a drug-induced state for a year in her paid-for Upper East Side apartment. On the surface, she has everything any girl wants. But through the cracks, we meet a character who’s deeply flawed and terribly, terribly alone.
Book Review: The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino
“The Strength In Our Scars” is a collection of modern poetry in fragments focused on self-actualization and self-acceptance.
Book Review: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
“The Hating Game” is a funny enemies-to-lovers office romance book, in which both parties are competing for the same job promotion.
Book Review: Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back by Gary John Bishop
“Stop Doing That Sh*t” is a self-help book written in the no-nonsense modern way of blogger-style writing to help guide readers to overcome their self-sabotaging tendencies.
Book Review: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
“Revolutionary Road” is the quintessential American novel, depicting the pitfalls of the American dream, outlining a young suburban couple’s vibrant expectations and their eventual crushed dreams through the lens of marital degradation.
Book Review: A Slip under the Microscope by H. G. Wells
“A Slip under the Microscope” is Book 77 of the Penguin Little Black Classics. (You can buy the collection here.) This collection features two short stories (The Door in the Wall and A Slip under the Microscope) by the renowned science fiction author H. G. Wells.
