Confession time: when I started the new job, I uninstalled Inoreader from my phone and I haven’t been keeping up with my RSS feeds since. My brain is so full these days that I find the reader overwhelming. When I read, it’s mostly books. Sorry bloggers!

Three years ago I named my aesthetic “witchy sparkle romantigothabilly academia” which still holds but I’d like to add “children’s librarian” to the mix.

Finished reading: Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean 📚

Whoo. This is a hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥 on the romance.io scale. Romance is unmatched and so is Sarah MacLean.

📚💬 “…the deeply rooted culture of the Jews of Eastern Europe was utterly destroyed between 1939 and 1945.” Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews by Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegel

🎭 Just saw Clue and found it delightful. If it’s coming to where you are, definitely check it out.

Today: a cascade of tough stuff. My hypothyroid symptoms are still mysterious, I forgot my work key, my work plans got waylaid, I cleaned up a nasty literal mess, my mom is in extra poor health, and children were extra wild. My resilience is low right now. But I have a good migraine treatment plan.

Changed my bio so it only reads “escribitionist.”

Finished reading: Bombshell by Sarah MacLean 📚

Sarah MacLean is just so good. This is like… A 3.5 on the romance.io scale? The language is slightly (but only slightly) euphemistic; it’s pretty clear exactly what’s happening where.

Listen I don’t repost a lot from or on social, but Muppet History is out here doing good work and making me feel seen.

Apparently my mid-life crisis is mostly watching Derry Girls and thinking, “Yes! That’s exactly what it felt like to be a teen girl in the mid-to-late 90s” while wishing everyone understood that a combination of En Vogue and Enya is the perfect soundtrack. 📺🎵