Reading Diary

J.R.R. Tolkien

“Second time through and the Council of Elrond hit completely different. First read it felt like a plot mechanism. Now it reads like a room full of people who know they are signing their own death warrants and choosing to do it anyway. The bravery is quieter than I remembered.”

Alex Michaelides

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

“Not my usual genre but the atmosphere pulled me in and the ending left me staring at the wall. The mushroom imagery is going to live in my head rent-free.”

J.R.R. Tolkien

“Second time through and the Council of Elrond hit completely different. First read it felt like a plot mechanism. Now it reads like a room full of people who know they are signing their own death warrants and choosing to do it anyway. The bravery is quieter than I remembered.”

TJ Klune

“Cozy and heartwarming but a bit predictable. You know where it's going from page 30. Still enjoyed the ride — sometimes predictable is exactly what you need.”

Frank Herbert

“Dostoevsky wrote the first psychological thriller and nobody has topped it since.”

Samantha Shannon

Kazuo Ishiguro

Susanna Clarke

Andy Weir

“Weir found the perfect formula: put a smart person alone with impossible problems and let us watch them science their way out. Every chapter is a dopamine hit of problem→solution→bigger problem. I read it in one sitting and I'm not sorry.”

Patrick Rothfuss

J.R.R. Tolkien

Sally Rooney

J.R.R. Tolkien

Madeline Miller

Kazuo Ishiguro

Madeline Miller

Travis Baldree

Samantha Shannon

Frank Herbert

“Dostoevsky wrote the first psychological thriller and nobody has topped it since.”

Donna Tartt

Shirley Jackson

Patrick Rothfuss

Ali Hazelwood

Emily Henry

Tara Westover