Book reviews
Best Book I read This Month: November 2020
Welp… that sure was a month! With all the pressure from the election and Covid spiking, November has been a wild ride. We here at Alchemy all had to re-imagine thanksgiving in a new way this year with our families. From no thanksgiving to a delivered thanksgiving, to a thanksgiving outside with masks… we did …
My Foray into Smutty Romance Books- Should You Try One?
As we all know, I am and have been a pretty avid reader of romance novels, but smutty romance books are a fairly new avenue for me. I chronicled my first experience of reading a romance novel at a pretty young age. Since then I’ve been reading romance novels regularly. My foray into romantic erotica …
Best Book I Read This Month: October 2020
Even though all of us have our favored genres, we are avid readers and read in genres all over the map. Every month we like to reflect back at the best book we read this month. The stuff that reminded us why we love to read. There were so many books to pick from this …
Legal Thrillers: Books that Give You the Chills and Thrills
As I’ve become more immersed in true crime, there’s a particular niche that one author has generally held reign over- and that’s legal thrillers- and John Grisham. Now if you’re like me, it may have taken you a while to deign to read a John Grisham- nothing personal, John, but my PARENTS read every one …
Best Book I Read This Month: September 2020
Every month we like to reflect back on the best books we read in the month. It’s our time to reflect on the things we are reading and why we loved them. Without further Ado here are the best books we read this month: Anne So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo In …
The Only Chicken Book You Need For Backyard Chickens
Have you ever latched onto a dream hard? You know, when you get really into a thing and decide that it’s your life’s goal to achieve said thing and that you are now obsessed with said thing? For me, it was backyard chickens. I was living the life of a city girl and I decided: …
Your Introduction Into the World of True Crime Books
So you want to dip your toes into the gruesome pool that is true crime non-fiction books- you go to the bookstore or library and… it’s kind of overwhelming. And alarming! I mean, what the heck? There’s so much of it- how can people do all the things that fill those books? Let me tell …
Five Creepy Books to Beat the Sunday Scaries
Can I tell you all a secret? What scares me most out of anything is… Sunday night. Here I am, having a lovely weekend (minding my own business) and Sunday night rudely barges in without being invited. Nothing seems quite so hopeless as the transition from happy weekend activities to thinking about what Monday brings- …
The Top Five Childhood Books that I Re-Read Every Year
I am a re-reader. Books that I love and treasure, I will reread them at least every year. Several books I have had to purchase new copies of because I DESTROYED the books by throwing them in my purse, backpack or car. I like to consider a well loved book a little like this: Most …
