A long time lover of books and former English teacher, one of my greatest joys comes from reading, talking about, writing about, and sharing the books that I’ve read.
I refer to my most-favorite, share-able reads as “Rose-Tinted Reads” and you’ll find recaps and reviews here.
Check out the Rose-Tinted Reads page to read all the reviews, or access the first one (a hilarious and fantastic memoir) here: Rose-Tinted Read #1: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
There are so many more Rose-Tinted Reads to come! I read a lot of books, so I don’t blog about every single one, but if there is a great book that has made me think, influenced me in a big way, or I just think is worthy of sharing, you can bet I’ll write about it here.
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