So long, farewell!

Hi, friends. Apologies for my radio silence here. Since it's now been nearly a year since I stopped blogging, I realized it's time – beyond time – to officially say goodbye. It's taken that long because when I took a break, I still thought I'd pick up again in some capacity. After seven years of...

Nonfiction November Week 5: New to My TBR

Another Nonfiction November has flown by! How has your month been? Jaymi @ The OC Bookgirl is our host for our final week: New to My TBR : It’s been a month full of amazing nonfiction books! Which ones have made it onto your TBR? Be sure to link back to the original blogger who...

Nonfiction November Week 4: Worldview Changers

How's your Nonfiction November so far? I'm falling so behind - I think I'll spend most of December still catching up on all the posts from this month! In any case, week 4 has arrived. Here's our prompt from Rebekah @ She Seeks Nonfiction: Worldview Changers: One of the greatest things about reading nonfiction is...

Nonfiction November Week 3: Stranger Than Fiction

Week 3 of Nonfiction November time! I love combing through people's posts to get recommendations on this topic, it's such a favorite. Here's a reminder of our prompt, courtesy of Christopher @ Plucked from the Stacks: Stranger Than Fiction (November 14-18): This week we’re focusing on all the great nonfiction books that almost don’t seem...

Nonfiction November Week 2: Book Pairing

I'm thrilled to be your host this week for Nonfiction November Week 2: Book pairings! This used to be my least favorite week since I don't read fiction anymore. Once I started hosting, out of necessity I began pairing nonfiction books and podcasts, and this year tweaked the prompt a bit to give you some...

Nonfiction November Week 1: Your Year in Nonfiction

Happy Halloween, and happy first day of Nonfiction November! The wonderful Katie @Doing Dewey is our host this week: Week 1: (Oct 31-Nov 4) – Your Year in Nonfiction: Take a look back at your year of nonfiction and reflect on the following questions – What was your favorite nonfiction read of the year? Do...

Frighteningly Good Reads: Will Storr vs. The Supernatural

Have you read anything spooky scary this month for Molly's Frighteningly Good Reads? My second book for the event this year quickly became one of my favorite frightening reads: Will Storr vs. The Supernatural: One Man's Search For the Truth About Ghosts. British journalist Will Storr begins this undertaking into supernatural research with the idea...

Food Science Minis: Anxiety Around Eating and Fasting as Medicine

Last year, I read nephrologist Dr. Jason Fung's The Obesity Code, which was eye-opening for me. It made me realize that something I sometimes did naturally or inadvertently -- skipping meals or snacks -- was actually a benefiting weight loss. It clicked for me, because in the periods I'd inadvertently fasted -- either from being...

Two Books of Criticism, Conspiracy, and Pop and Political Culture

Journalist Sarah Kendzior has always had an unfortunately prescient ability of reading the writing on the wall when it comes to the direction that political winds are blowing in America. Currently based in St. Louis, her 2018 book The View From Flyover Country brilliantly captured a part of America that the media often overlooks, and...

Self-Centric Minis

Reading New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv's debut, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us (September 13, 2022, Farrar, Straus and Giroux), I realized I had an unintentional trend this year of reading about selfhood in some form. It started with the first book I read in the year, Will Storr's...

Frighteningly Good Reads: A History of American Cemeteries

Another exciting bookish event to announce, and this one's happening right now: Frighteningly Good Reads! The wonderful Molly @ Silver Button Books hosts this ultra-relaxed read-a-thon every October, and it is truly my favorite reading event (it's also the only one I participate in besides Nonfiction November, so that should tell you everything you need...

Nonfiction November is Coming!

It's the most wonderful time of year again! Time to celebrate stories filled with facts and footnotes, truth being stranger than fiction, and very, very long subtitles. That's right: Nonfiction November is coming! Here's the lineup for this year: Week 1: (Oct 31-Nov 4) – Your Year in Nonfiction: Take a look back at your...