Category: reading
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I’m going to die!
Yes, I know we’re all going to die eventually. Some of us think death is looming when we’re in the throes of health anxiety. Hi! This was me over the last few months. I was terrified that something was gravely wrong with me, resulting in two visits to the ER,…
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Real Self-Care
When I heard the title of this book, I vigorously rolled my eyes. But then I heard the subtitle (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included) and realized that Pooja Lakshmin, MD, truly meant real self-care. In fact, she debunks what passes for self-care nowadays and reveals that real self-care…
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Books To Get You Through the Change
If you have (or had) a uterus and ovaries, you know what change I’m talking about. But you might not know as much about it as you’d like or maybe even as much as you think. These books either focus on the change or the reproductive organs at the center…
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Book Boosts
While glancing over the books I read in 2023, I noticed several fantastic reads that I didn’t hear enough about. Here’s my list of underrated books first published in 2023. The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis Connie Willis is one of my auto-buy authors. I will read anything she…
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The Only Wrap-up
I only anticipate one year-end wrap-up, and that’s the one from The StoryGraph. If you love reading like I do, you have to check it out. It’s so much cleaner and full of stats. The StoryGraph doesn’t just track the books you read or want to read. It lets you…
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Failing the year away
My year of failing continues. Okay, it’s actually been a lifetime of failing. But that’s okay. Really. It’s human — and I’m certain I’m still a human. Over the past month or so, my failures include not updating this blog (5 weeks!), not getting jobs I apply for, not focusing…
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Failure is totally an option — go ahead and embrace it
Failure has traditionally been the scariest f-word in my book. Combine it with that other frightening f-word, fear, and you have the plot line of my life up until about seven months ago. I have lived in fear of failure since I can remember. Even as a small child who…
Brazen Bibliophage 