Reading Journal

A personal library of thoughts.
I reflect on the books I’m reading—capturing insights that sparked something in me, lessons that stuck, and ideas that seeped into my writing. It’s part reading journal, part inspiration archive, and always a space for discovery.

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M. T. Edvardsson: A Nearly Normal Family

My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

A Nearly Normal Family is a very unique mystery novel told in a three-part structure—each part told from the perspective of each character of a family of three after the daughter becomes a murder suspect. Told through an unfiltered lens, the family dynamics exhibited in this story are very relatable to any parent or teenager and question the role of “love.” What is the glue that holds families together? The author, M. T. Edvardsson, gives an alternative answer to that question—lies.

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