May Edit: Birthdays, Beauty Buys, and Pressing Pause
New recipes, hyperfixation songs, and other dopamine sources
Shannon Whitehead Smith
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8 Books That Capture Very Specific Feelings
Every read can be a beach read if you read it on sand
Holy Audacity and Sacred Arrogance
Is it too late to set 2025 intentions? (P.S. It's my birthday)
April Edit: Gas Station Tacos, Good Reads, and Spite
Everything I loved and read between (you wouldn't believe how many) crises in April
March Edit: Falling in Love With a Pesto and Reading 11 Books
Articles that made me think, the best of the books, and things eaten, loved, and listened to
Why Read? The Point of Reading, Buying, and Borrowing Books
Partially inspired by a Bookstagram controversy
February Edit: Tokyo Takeaways and Just A Little Bit More
Everything I ate and became obsessed with (between trips) in February
January Edit: Cutting Scope, Brain Hacking, and Using Good Music to Cope
What I ate, read, and (especially) listened to in January
I Read 66 Books in 2024—Here Are My Top 10
Hello, and happy New Year's Eve! I plum refused to put this post out until I'd read every book I could possibly read. I left myself with what I thought would be a gargantuan task today: narrowing down my favorite books I read this year when...