The Mill at Tidmarsh (1918) // Dora Carrington June was a month of archery and art, facetimes with my nephews and sister, and preparing for a new way of living. In an effort to quiet the noise, I continued to devour books and graphic novels. Some I loved, some not so much, but all were… Continue reading June 2025 Reads
May 2025 reads
Who da hell even knows what happened in May at this point? It's more than halfway through August the end of SEPTEMBER and we are NOT interested in looking in the rearview. In May, I mostly remember looking for housing, leaning heavily into reading to distract and turn off my mind, and daydreaming in the… Continue reading May 2025 reads
April 2025 reads
Not to open with an excuse for why this roundup is 3 months overdue, butttttt we've got some major life changes we're working through over here, and it's truly been A Lot. I'm feeling mentally pulled in more directions than I can count, but overall, I'm feeling good, focusing on building some forward-moving momentum and… Continue reading April 2025 reads
March 2025 reads
Hello friends, and welcome to another delayed monthly reading roundup ! March, like every month for the last 18 months, contained an above and below, and a constant awareness that the day to day for Palestinians in Gaza is unimaginable. Horror beyond words greets me each time I pick up my phone - images, stories,… Continue reading March 2025 reads
February 2025 reads
In February, I finally got to meet my freaking nephews !!! They're so tiny and so perfect, and I cannot believe they're real. Everyone is happy and healthy, and wow I am so beyond grateful for all of it. As I write this, Palestinians in Gaza are continuing to experience absolute hell as Israel breaks… Continue reading February 2025 reads
January 2025 reads
Visual depiction of how quickly January (and now, February) have gone ripping by. // "Bitches know they can't catch me(Vroom, vroom)" - Charli XCX (duh) A full two months ago, it was January, and I can't say that I retained much from that time aside from the fact that my nephews were born ! I… Continue reading January 2025 reads
everything i read in 2024
As I mentioned in my december wrap-up, being a bookseller this past year has given me access to more books than I can fathom, which resulted in me being able to read about 130 books this year. I tried to pick my faves but got overwhelmed so instead I made the ones that really made… Continue reading everything i read in 2024
December 2024 reads
December is in the rear-view mirror, and it is now the year 2025. Working at a bookstore this past year kicked my reading into an insane gear. Between audiobooks, graphic novels, fiction, nonfiction, novellas, and very few books over 300 pages, I ended up reading about 130 books this year. While it feels awesome to… Continue reading December 2024 reads
November 2024 reads
In November, I turned 30, started getting realllllly excited about becoming an aunt, and celebrated 6 years with my love & our dog in a cutie little cabin on the Washington Coast. I've been trying to read outside of my typical genres a bit more, this month adding in a horror novel and a romance,… Continue reading November 2024 reads
October 2024 reads
The devolution of these monthly intros are such that I've hit the point where I might just go full transparency mode and leave it written in the scattered, "bullet point" style first draft that comes about when I'm working on four of them at once. The draft for October is as follows: words words wordsss… Continue reading October 2024 reads
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