What I’m Reading

Ocean Vuong just wrung me out. There is so much beauty in his writing, so many little turns of phrase that made me stop and reread, my mind and heart utterly still for a beat as I took in what he was saying and how he was saying it, my soul cracking in two. Love…

The Midnight Library was not what I expected it to be. I had a vague impression of something like Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea—a sweeping, honey-colored literary fantasy—but it was quite a quiet and intimate little book. I should also tell you, I cried my eyes out. This is a book about the multiverse theory…

First of all, time feels absolutely bizarre right now. I set a reading challenge for the first time in 2021, because toward the end of 2020 I subscribed to Roxane Gay‘s Substack newsletter, The Audacity, which is a pithy weekly recap, a showcase for emerging writers, and a book club. One of her first newsletters…

First of all, I am unreasonably proud of this spoOoOoOky image I made for you. 🤩 Please provide compliments in the comments below. 😉 Second of all, this book was fun as hell & a super quick read. There are a million little slasher-movie Easter eggs—I’m still sorting through them all, and I love that…