Just soared through a book on induced after death communication and absolutely loved it. Then continued on my journey finding a psychiatrist who accidentally stumbled upon guiding patients through past life regression to heal trauma. Couldn’t put these books down. Find your niche + the library awaits.
currently in three book clubs and loving every minute. been using reading as my replacement for cutting out most social media and haven’t regretted it. just read The Hearing Trumpet with PI.BKCLB (about to start our February special event read, join us!) and thought it was rebelliously joyful. read Self Reliance in another book club and thought Emerson was pretty insightful and provided some great perpective into how one should live according to their core values, especially in times fraught with voices calling for change like our own. about to start Civil Disobedience next. read Transcendence by Scott Barry Kauffman in another and I feel like I understand Maslow in a whole new way now. we’re now beginning Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore and i’m excited to dive into more thought that integrates the psychological/scientific with the spiritual. nibbling on a few other books on the side but I picked up a book called Wasting Time and Resources in Mississippi from an indie author at a truck stop who was doing a signing and it’s so bizarre but also really earnest and endearing. it gives hallmark movie vibes. the picture below is a snippet from that book.
… and actually enjoying it. In the past year i’ve finally nailed down my taste/hit a groove with pleasure reading and now I can’t stop. I do a lot of reading recs in a way that I almost feel self-conscious about but I can’t contain it - truly bringing me crazy amounts of peace in my life right now. When I was 19-22ish, I spent a lot of time reading what I thought I *should* be reading and ending up spending 3 months trudging through a book just to say I did. I blame Red Scare Podcast. Why was I 19 thinking i needed to read Houellebeq and Lasch? Now I fly through pages and (mostly) love it all. or feel like I got something from it at least. Right now I‘m reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and loving it, can spend hours at a time with it. My favorite book is probably If on a winters night a traveler by Italo Calvino. Happy to get more recs always.
Trying to re-enter my literate era and exit my iPad baby era because ebooks are not cutting it… I finally explored the library in my new neighborhood and it was glorious. I forgot how exciting it is to leave the library with a veritable HAUL! when I was a kid I would check out like 30 books at a time, fiction and nonfiction, just whatever piqued my interest as I walked through the shelves. Returning them was always an ordeal where I would have to go through the receipt item by item to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I exercised self control this time so it wasn’t that extreme but I can tend to want to flit from book to book so getting a mix of titles felt right. I’m most excited about Joyce Carol Oates’ newest novel Butcher and will probably start with that because her writing is addictive and I love her deranged fanfiction accounts of real life historical subjects that end up feeling more real than the actual facts (lol I’ll drop the synopsis in the comments because it’s kind of long)
$395 annual fee is annoying until you realize that every year you get $300 credit booking any travel and 30,000 points. That’s like two trips basically for just having the card. Then you get free priority pass which gets you access to almost every lounge (especially internationally). When I was desperate for a shower before a 10 hour flight from Brazil, the lounge came in clutch.
Lots of deals through their travel portal too.
I’ve always been crafty but this opens up a whole new world. In my first month, I made a jacket (see pic) , purse, and countless pouches. Reach out with any sewing needs!! Etsy shop dropping soon …