Book Ramblings from a Lifelong Bookworm

My Rating: 5 stars  I put Tembi Locke’s memoir From Scratch on my TBR several years ago after a friend recommended it to me as one of the m...

My Rating: 4 stars Going into this book, I wasn’t sure what to expect at first.   I mean, I knew the basic outline of the story: an elderl...

My Rating: 4 stars  As I continue my audiobook journey this year, I’ve been very selective in terms of choosing which memoirs (especially ce...

My Rating: 3.5 stars Kate Quinn is on one of the authors on my “auto-read” list whose works I will definitely read regardless of what she ...

My Rating: 4 stars Tom Hanks is one of my favorite (Hollywood) celebrities so of course, when I first found out about his short story coll...

My Rating: 3 stars  Lillian Li’s latest novel Bad Asians has an interesting premise that attempts to explore Asian American identity throug...

My Rating: 4 stars I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a signed copy of Connie Chung’s memoir last year while attending a talk she g...

My Rating: 4.5 stars With her latest novel Skylark , author Paula McLain brings us a gorgeously written tale of survival and resilience th...

My Rating: 3 stars  Even though I’ve had Jung Chang’s memoir Wild Swans on my TBR for a long time, I only recently decided to read it when ...

My Rating: 5 stars  Happy New Year! My first read of the year is actually a book I started during the last week of 2025.   Rebecca Romney’...