
The 10 Best Books I Read in 2020
A finished reading 33 books this year. To some bookworms, that might not seem like a lot but that's a pretty good number for me and I'm proud of it. I read a combination of physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks. I also read a lot of great books this year but these 10 were my very favorites. Keep...
Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. It would appear that author Taylor Jenkins Reid knows the exact...
Review: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. I didn't know much about Theranos or its founder, Elizabeth Holmes,...
Review: To Have and to Hoax
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. Martha Waters, I believe, may have a direct line to my brain. In...
Atlantic Canadians Need Comfort, Not Reminders of Prejudice
My connection to Portapique I grew up in Five Islands, Nova Scotia, a community of a couple hundred people. Yes, everyone knows everyone. Yes, we're...
Review: Invisible Women
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. The emotional part of my brain and the logical, science-loving part...
How to Read on a Budget During an Apocalypse
Did I say apocalypse? I meant pandemic. I hope everyone is staying safe and washing their hands constantly and not touching their face and...
Review: A Murderous Relation
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. The fifth instalment of the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries series was...
Jillianne Hamilton: Minimalist?
I recently had my very own aha! moment. HRM Oprah would be so proud. Since sometime last year, I began dipping into minimalism. I would say I'm a...
Happy 5th Birthday, Molly Miranda!
Five years ago today, I published my first novel, Molly Miranda: Thief for Hire. It had been a busy year beforehand, getting the book ready, doing...
20 Things Book Lovers Can Do in 2020
Since it's January, a lot of people are trying to start the new year and the new decade off right by setting goals in order to enrich their lives...
Review: Daisy Jones & the Six
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. I inhaled this audiobook over the course of the No Man's Land that...
Review: The Witches Are Coming
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. Contains some minor spoilers. I adored Lindy West's book of essays,...

Jillianne Hamilton is the author of the Molly Miranda: Thief for Hire trilogy and The Lazy Historian's Guide to the Wives of Henry VIII. Learn more.
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