I feel like my new glasses give me a nebbishy vibe and I kind of love it. Who’s ready to cast me as Seymour?

Finally picked this beauty up from the library. I had it from NetGalley but didn’t get it read before it expired. (Don’t fret over the menorah with all its candles in it on Day 5. That’s not the one we light.)

A hand holds the book Season of Love in front of a Christmas tree with colorful lights and a menorah.

I drew the Ace of Swords as my anchor card for winter. I made it my phone background to help me remember that this season, I can use my sharp mind to cut through fog and that this is just the beginning. Deck is the Moonchild Tarot.

The Ace of Swords from the Moonchild Tarot as a phone wallpaper

Said I was gonna disconnect cross-posting from Twitter, forgot to actually do it, gonna leave it on for now since they’ve walked back the bananas linking policy.

Finished reading: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko πŸ“š

Finished this in 2 or 3 days. I was drawn to it because of the cover & buzz. I stayed in it because of the magic of connection & my love of kind teen girls with a sense of justice. Gorgeous, evocative writing, highly recommend.

The cover of Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Kelly J. Baker’s latest newsletter is about a year of not writing & what that means when being a writer is a key piece of your identity.

It helped me realize I often extrapolate from “If you write, you’re a writer” the logical fallacy “If you aren’t writing, you aren’t a writer.”