Serena Agusto-Cox's Blog, page 7
June 1, 2023
A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss (audio)
Source: Purchased Audible, 12+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss, narrated by Ell Potter, is my 7th book for the 12 books recommended by 12 friends reading challenge. Yes, I am ahead of schedule – at least on this one thing. Despite all the success she has […]
A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss
Source: Purchased Audible, 12+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss, narrated by Ell Potter, is my 7th book for the 12 books recommended by 12 friends reading challenge. Yes, I am ahead of schedule – at least on this one thing. Despite all the success she has […]
May 31, 2023
Searching for the Butterflies You Crushed Last Night by Valax Malum
Source: Publisher Hardcover, 61 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Searching for the Butterflies You Crushed Last Night by Valax Malum is a collection that could trigger those with suicidal thoughts, but it also could help them work through some of those dark feelings by demonstrating that they are not alone. The collection opens with […]
May 29, 2023
Mailbox Monday #736
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
May 25, 2023
Flare Corona by Jeannine Hall Gailey
Source: Purchased Paperback, 104 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Flare Corona by Jeannine Hall Gailey explores the emotional and physical turbulence of unexpected diagnoses through a hopeful and apocalyptic lens. Gailey returns to some previous subjects, including her coming of age near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its nuclear energy work, as well […]
May 23, 2023
Gaithersburg Book Festival 2023 Recap
You’ve already seen all of my delightful purchases from the 2023 Gaithersburg Book Festival. I wanted to take a moment to share some photographs from the Edgar Allan Poe tent full of poets and the High School Poetry Contest awards ceremony. If you attended the book festival, I’d love to hear about your experience and […]
May 22, 2023
Mailbox Monday #735
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
May 18, 2023
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Source: Public Library Hardcover, 256 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate *** trigger warning*** If you’ve ever lost a parent or had a parent who passed away after a cancer diagnosis, this book may resurface some trauma. **** Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, which is the selection for my work’s book club, is […]
May 17, 2023
Metabolics by Jessica E. Johnson
Source: Pine State Publicity Paperback, 104 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Metabolics by Jessica E. Johnson explores the changes in humanity and nature and their connection to each other, as well as their disconnect. It is a book-length poem broken down into what I call “different movements.” Opening and closing the collection are poems […]
May 16, 2023
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Source: Purchased Audiobook, 16+ hours I am an Amazon Affiliate Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield, narrated by Juliet Stevenson, is my 6th book from the 12 friends 12 books reading challenge. It is a collection of intertwined stories set along the River Thames, in which a baby miraculously comes back to life after […]
