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Hi there! Welcome to Completely Booked. My name is Kiya. I'm a voracious reader with a unique taste in books. This blog is dedicated to my book reviews, reading lists, and love of public libraries. I hope I can help you find a book you can't put down!
Dec 27, 2024
Book Review - The Country of the Blind
Our last book club book of the year is a memoir - written by a man who is slowly going blind from an eye disease called retinitis...
Nov 27, 2024
Book Review - Sociopath
Have you ever wondered about sociopaths? Researchers believe that 2-3% of the world's population could be diagnosed with sociopathy, but...
Oct 16, 2024
Book Review - Killers of the Flower Moon
I felt a true crime book might be fitting for cool, spooky October evenings. Killers of the Flower Moon is a bestselling book, published ...
Sep 4, 2024
Book Review - Supercommunicators
I wasn't sure what to expect with this one, but I so enjoyed The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, so I wanted to see what his next book...
Aug 31, 2024
Book Review - Hijab Butch Blues
Lamya H (she/they) has crafted an engrossing memoir that I truly could not put down. She weaves tales from the Qur'an (interestingly,...
Aug 28, 2024
Book Review - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
I selected this book since it was a bestseller during my birth year. Also, I took a girls' trip to Savannah last fall, so I thought it...
Aug 18, 2024
Book Review - Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a Potawatomi botanist. She combines her indigenous knowledge with her scientific training to provide a unique...
Jul 10, 2024
Book Review - "You Just Need To Lose Weight"
I picked up this book at Subtext Books in St. Paul. It was an impulse purchase I picked up while I was waiting in line to check out. I...
Apr 21, 2024
Book Review - In the Form of a Question
Amy Schneider is the winningest woman every to compete on Jeopardy. She is the secondmost winningest person. She's won the 4th highest...
Apr 16, 2024
Book Review - The Art Thief
My friend Maureen recommended this book to our book club, and although it wasn't selected, I was intrigued enough to seek it out. Despite...
Mar 3, 2024
Book Review - King: A Life
My friend Aimee has already declared this her Best Read of the Year for 2024. We read King: A Life for book club in February, and it is a...
Jan 28, 2024
Book Review - The Book of Boundaries
I listened to this audiobook after leaving it on my TBR list for many months. I was thrilled to discover that this book, though in the...
Dec 29, 2022
Book Review - Atomic Habits
This is the second book I read about habits this year (the first being The Power of Habit) and I think it was a great way to bookend my...
Nov 13, 2022
Book Review - Kabul Beauty School
Debbie Rodriguez decides to go to Afghanistan in 2001 with a nonprofit trying to help the recently war-torn nation. All of her teammates...
Oct 22, 2022
Book Review - I'm Glad My Mom Died
Whoa. The buzz about this book has been crazy, and I have to say that it is warranted. McCurdy is a talented author with a heartbreaking...
Sep 17, 2022
Book Review - Be A Triangle
I adore YouTuber, comedian, former late-night show host, and actress Lilly Singh. I've loved her content since I was in college, since...
Sep 3, 2022
Book Review - The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness
Recently, I knew I was going to be spending some time in the car alone. So, I decided to find an audiobook on the Libby app. I really...
Aug 7, 2022
Book Review - Passive Income Aggressive Retirement
Passive income is a way to make money without working a traditional job. Ideally, after some hard work and initial set up, this income is...
Jul 10, 2022
Book Review - It Won't Be Easy
I had the privilege of hearing 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Tom Rademacher speak at my college about his experiences as a Twin...
Mar 19, 2022
Book Review - Homie
I picked up this book of poetry because it is a Minnesota Book Award winner, which is one of the categories for my 2022 Open Books...
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