My Favorite Books of 2023
Here’s to another year of reading, friends! I always appreciate taking time to reflect on the books I read in a year, the places they took me, and the connections they fostered. It’s so satisfying and happy to be
The Most Charming Book of the Year
Every once in a while, I read a book that reminds me of when Juliet Ashton of The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society quips that books might have a homing instinct that leads them to their perfect
Little Women and Hopeful Homemaking
(Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, and Emma Watson as Amy, Jo, and Meg in Greta Gerwig's Little Women; Source: WallpaperAccess)One of my favorite dialogues from the Greta Gerwig's recent film adaptation of Little Women comes near its end as Jo
The Already but Not Yet of Autumn
Autumn has always thrilled me at a soul-deep level. Every year, when the temperatures cool and the sun mellows, it feels to me like a proverbial homecoming. I relish the inevitable gusty rain of late September that gives way
My Favorite Books Read in 2022
Well, I’m late to the party, but I’d also rather be late on these kinds of lists than early. I do not understand all of you who share your favorite books of the year at the start or middle
