I haven’t loved a book this much from the get-go since The Night Circus. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman is the story of Eleanor Oliphant, a scarred (in both the literal and figurative sense) awkward outcast who falls in love with a singer during a ill-begotten quasi-date with another man. She makes it her mission to change herself in order to attract the singer’s interest, although he has no idea who she is. Eleanor is a very funny character with many quirks, […]

Each year, instead of making a resolution, I set myself a word; a single word to guide me through the year and keep me on track to meeting my goals. For 2020, my word was transform. Yet it was not until the closing days of disasterous 2020 that I found a book that matched my word completely. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine tells the story of the titular Eleanor who, in her 30th year, is unknowingly on her own transformation journey. Up until this point […]