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- They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Hanif Abdurraqib
- Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason
- The Loneliness Files, Athena Dixon
- Goodbye, Vitamin, Rachel Khong
- Ghost Forest, Pik-Shuen Fung
- And Then She Fell, Alicia Elliott
- Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner
- The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Poston
- Happy Place, Emily Henry (contrary to the title, it is not happy)
Feb 5, 2024
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NOT a big non fiction reader but I will always pick up something that catches my eye (donβt judge a book by its cover, but also like sometimes do). Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) made me ugly cry at work.
honorable mentions: Mean Baby - Selma Blair Iβm Glad My Mom Died - Jeanette McCurdy Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado Down the Drain - Julia Fox Cultish - Amanda Montell Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb Flesh & Blood - N West Moss
honorable mentions: Mean Baby - Selma Blair Iβm Glad My Mom Died - Jeanette McCurdy Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado Down the Drain - Julia Fox Cultish - Amanda Montell Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb Flesh & Blood - N West Moss
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πBooks:
Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval MARTYR! by Kaveh Akbar Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Movies: Aftersun Beautiful Something Left Behind The Iron Claw
Albums: Pleasure Systems - Visiting the Well Sweet Trip - You Will Never Know Why Burial - Untrue Mister Lies - Shadow Basecamp - In Stone Corbin - Mourn Gigi Masin - Wind
Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval MARTYR! by Kaveh Akbar Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Movies: Aftersun Beautiful Something Left Behind The Iron Claw
Albums: Pleasure Systems - Visiting the Well Sweet Trip - You Will Never Know Why Burial - Untrue Mister Lies - Shadow Basecamp - In Stone Corbin - Mourn Gigi Masin - Wind
Feb 7, 2025
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βSome off the dome, varied in genre:
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar β fiction but definitely inspired by the author's life, about a Iranian poet grappling with death and its meaning
Someone Who Isn't Me by Geoff Rickly β another fiction-but-not from the lead singer of Thursday as he struggles with drug addiction. The book takes place mostly in his mind as he goes on a healing/therapeutic rip with psychedelics.
Burnout by Dr. Emily Nagoski β nonfiction, but really helped me sort out some of my relationship to stress in society
Who is Wellness For by Fariha RΓ³isΓn β talk about emotional self-reflection...another non-fiction, but a GREAT way to reflect if you're ready for some heavy and light
Good luck and welcome back to the library!
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πI do not need a new wardrobe, packing cubes, new toiletry bag, etc. I have everything I need. Reminding myself of this in the heat of the moment feels like coming down from a frenzy I never wanted to have in the first place.
Mar 11, 2024
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πThe worst but only way to currently fight demons
Mar 15, 2024
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π½Prosciutto, salami, etc. started in a cold pan and left to crisp and render their fat. They shrink up and become crispy and delicate and cheek-puckering in their salinity. Highly recommend accompanying with toasted bread and an over easy egg fried in the oils in the pan.
Jan 26, 2024