One of those you pick up for traveling, knowing you will leave her wherever you arrive. You start reading her on the plane but can‘t get into. She is now with you after two flights, long interstate drives and weeks later.

Love a library! Even a small, couple of hundreds books, high in the mountains library will give you something to enjoy. It‘s my first Zadie Smith ❤️

Working my way through The Hinges of History series. It‘s quickly becoming one of my favorite nonfiction history books.

I‘ve never enjoyed a novella, where most of it I had no idea what‘s happening, more. What‘s opposite of world building?

Always have a soft spot for memoir + nature essays. #2025

At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them. They couldn‘t even know if I was merely seeing them or reading them, sounding them out or comprehending them. It was a completely private affair and completely free and, therefore, completely subversive.

First read of 2025 and what a read 📖💚