2023 Reads
2023's Literary Gold Medalists
Welcome to the virtual awards ceremony for 2023’s Literary Gold Medalists. In 2021 I published a list of my top 5 books of the year and in 2022 I expanded the list to my favorite 10. Today I am revealing the best 15 books that I read this year, both because I couldn’t help myself and because I couldn’t narrow the list down. As was the case for my
2023's Literary Silver Medalists
I love the best-of lists that come out every December. I’m always interested to see what books people loved, how my opinions compared, and what I should be reading next. These lists, however, are usually limited to books that were published in 2023. While there’s definitely a purpose to capturing the year’s best publishing, I’m also always curious about…
December 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the December 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I’ve read and rank them from worst to best.
November 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the November 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I’ve read and rank them from worst to best.
October 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the October 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I’ve read and rank them from worst to best.
September 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the September 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I’ve read and rank them from worst to best.
August 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the August 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I’ve read and rank them from worst to best.
July 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the July 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I've read and rank them from worst to best.
June 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the June 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I've read and rank them from worst to best.
May 2023 Reading Round-Up
May has always felt like a Thursday to me. Just as the weekend is not yet in full swing, summer is close, but not quite here yet. The days are getting warmer and the prospect of vacation and more free time is on the horizon. I started this month in the throws of finals and then the writing competition for law reviews and journals. I then took an amazing…
April 2023 Reading Round-Up
Law school finals are in full swing and the end of my 1L year is in sight. The final weeks of April have been taken up by studying, including reading a long book on tort theory, which I have decided, generously, to not review here. Despite this, the front half of my reading month was packed with some amazing fiction and some fascinating non-fiction on A…
March 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the March 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I've read and rank them from worst to best.
February 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the February 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I've read and rank them from worst to best.
January 2023 Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the January 2023 Reading Round-Up. Each month I write about the books I've read and rank them from worst to best.