We’re in the middle of a global pandemic. At first, there was this sense of community solidarity, but it feels like that wore off a few weeks ago. Now, restaurants and salons and gyms are open. It feels like we’re trying to go back to normal, except for the fact that we still don’t have …
This book was fluff – it was fun and entertaining. There was a lot of drama throughout, and the pacing was quick, which kept it engaging. It was fun look into the lives of the super-rich, and made me think a bit about the types of problems that transcend class. I watched this movie when …
I acknowledge that some people may like this book, and find it helpful and enjoyable, but frankly, this was not for me. This book discussed a lot of manifesting and affirmations and how you were the only thing standing in the way of everything you want in life. It was written in a really chatty …
I thrive on structure and routine. Pre-COVID-19, a fair amount of the structure and routine in my life depended on external factors. School, spending time with friends, going to the gym. I still am doing those in some form, but the specifics of what they look like have changed radically. It’s been an adjustment, for …
I’ve been gardening for a long time. When I was four or five years old, I had a small planter that was shaped like a deer where I planted pansies, in high school I grew swiss chard and purple carrots, and I’ve been nursing a little jade plant and a large split-leaf philodendron for two …
Twelve, almost thirteen years ago, it was the summer between middle school and high school. I read Looking For Alaska for the first time, and I really loved it. Over the next several years, I became a fan of John Green’s books. His most recent book, Turtles All The Way Down, came out in 2017, …
This book was a great mix of being entertaining and engaging while also digging into issues of racism in America. The book alternates between two primary timelines – the present day, where Candice Miller and her mom have moved to her deceased grandmother’s house in Lambert, South Carolina for the summer, and Lambert in the …
I love goals and I love lists and I love tackling a huge, unknown expanse of social distancing by giving myself a big, challenging goal. I want to study math enough to pass the Math 7-12 Praxis test. I used to be a math teacher (and I was teaching a math intervention group at school …
I haven’t been to school in over two weeks. The last day of school before spring break was March 6th, which isn’t that long ago but feels like a million years ago. We had spring break. I wanted to have a low-key, relax at home spring break – I really just needed to get some …
I wanted to read this book because I read Holly Whitaker’s blog, and I read The Temper, and I quit drinking alcohol a year and a half ago. This book is half recovery memoir and half how to quit drinking guide, with a sprinkling of opinions about Alcoholics Anonymous. The recovery memoir part is interesting, …