About

Hi, I’m Nicolena!

I guess we should get to know each other…

I was sitting around one day desperately wanting to talk about the books I’ve been reading and figured what better place to do it than the internet? I use to teach high school and college and now I work for an education publishing company. I graduated back in 2018 with my Masters of Arts in American Literature and toy with the idea of going back for a PhD one day. My thesis project for my MA can be found somewhere on ProQuest and is titled “Exploring Narrator-Reader Relationships with Jim Thompson’s Victims of Circumstance: Lou Ford, Dolly Dillon, William “Kid” Collins, and Charles Bigger”. If that title wasn’t a mouth full… wow!

I don’t get to discuss the books I read as often as I’d like, so here I am…writing reviews about the ones I pick up. I don’t necessarily always stick to the same genre (or review every book I read) and I think you’ll find a good variety. Lately I’ve been reading relatively new novels but now and then I’ll pick up something a little older, especially when it’s a pick made by one of the book clubs I’m in. I should note that while I work under a larger publishing umbrella, the opinions and commentary about books are my own and do not reflect that of any organizations I’m affiliated with!