Håfa adai! Welcome to Bookmarks & Armchairs!
I am a Guamanian Chamorro mestiza living in a North American desert who love books! I also have ADHD. This blog is my way helping my neurodivergent brain keep track of the many books I read and listen to.
I post book reviews every Monday. Each week will feature reviews from specific genres, sorted into “bookshelves.” Some months—like heritage months and “spooky season”—will have a unifying theme and may not follow the regular weekly post order. Months with a 5th Monday will be a flex day where I either post extra book reviews or take a break. Weeks featuring a book I am revisiting for a review (or featuring a book I do not recommend) will most likely have a second book review posted.
Week 1: Fiction or Non-Fiction
Week 2: Fantasy or Mystery
Week 3: Sci-Fi or Horror
Week 4: Challenged Books or Non-Fiction
Week 5: Flex Day!
If a book review must be postponed for a later day in the week, if a week must be skipped, or if I change my opinion of a book and revise a review, it will be announced in the Upcoming Posts section below.
What You Will Find Here
A Love of Stories & Storytelling
“It is through stories that we define our world and discover our place in it.” — LeVar Burton (Actor, Director, TV Host)
I love to read! But I am not the best at remembering the details and takeaways of every book I put down. By sharing my thoughts on most of the books I read, I hope to curate a collection of reviews that will help me retain information of the books I finish and possibly help others pick their next book to read. Under Fiction Reviews, I share spoiler-free summaries of books from many different genres and subgenres. Reviews for works in the Romance bookshelf will usually be saved for flex weeks.
A Fascination with History, the Sciences, and More
“Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” — Julia Child (Chef, Author, TV Host)
My education and training are in the social sciences and history, but I am interested in almost all the sciences and many other topics. Under Non-Fiction Reviews, I summarize works from the social sciences and history, behavioral sciences, biological sciences, and topics under writing or other forms of self-improvement. Reviews for works non-fiction will go into detail of the source material but will leave out the greater nuance. I want to share my opinions and takeaways of a book and maybe encourage you to purchase a copy of your own.
Upcoming Posts
My reviews for Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert and Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score are posted in the Romance bookshelf!
My reviews for The Inheritance of Orquídia Divina by Zoraida Córdova and Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez, my first and second picks for Hispanic Heritage Month 2025, will be posted to the Fiction bookshelf by Monday, 6 October.
October is spooky season! I will post reviews of The Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas, A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez, Jackal by Erin E. Adams, and What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher in the Horror bookshelf throughout October!
Stay tuned!
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