I don’t listen to albums anymore. It’s one of the truths of my adulthood that I am most personally ashamed about; it feels like such an utter betrayal of my younger self. And not even my teenage self, but my twenties self, too! Falling in love with an album is very akin to falling inContinue reading “On Stick Season by Noah Kahan.”
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(Traditional) Publishing & Our Brains: We Are Not Equipped for This Shit
Recently for dayjob, I went to another training from Kevin Ashworth, founder of the Northwest Anxiety Institute. I’ve seen Kevin speak before, and I am a bit obsessed with him. He’s funny and smart and one of those presenters where everything he says has your brain and heart screaming yes and oh god it’s notContinue reading “(Traditional) Publishing & Our Brains: We Are Not Equipped for This Shit”
Top 20 Reads, First Half of 2021
My reading life has felt very off this year, which I’ve learned really throws my mental health. But maybe the actual reality is that everything has felt off this year. I break these reading roundups into half because doing one big year-long roundup at the end of the year stresses me out—my memory is notContinue reading “Top 20 Reads, First Half of 2021”
Top 25 Reads, 2nd Half of 2020
In this year that has been so full of pain, these books have been such a gift. I love them with all my heart. You can find my list of Top 25 reads for the 1st Half of 2020 here. As always, these lists are not genre or pub date dependent; they are a summary ofContinue reading “Top 25 Reads, 2nd Half of 2020”
25 Favorite Books: First Half of 2020
These are in no particular order (seriously) and are not exclusive to books published in 2020, but simply what I’ve personally read in 2020. So, like everything else about me, supes random! And my commentary below each one aren’t really reviews, per se, more like…just feelings about how that book made me feel. So, nowContinue reading “25 Favorite Books: First Half of 2020”
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