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  • Instead of recapping every single book I read every single month, in 2026 I decided to give you a list of what I’ve read every 25 books, with special descriptions included for my 5 star reads. Let me know how you like (or hate) this new format in the comments!

  • Dreams in tow, I walked into the AWP Bookfair and promptly walked back out, breath hitched and pouring sweat. It’s not like me to feel intimidated by something, but as the grains of sweat widened into streams and then rivers flowed down my back and soaked my shirt, I realized I was putting an outrageous…

  • Even as I begin to write this, I am double guessing what I want to say, how I can draw in you-the reader-more effectively, and how it will be perceived by the four people who read this blog (at least three of which are family members–hi guys!). These are the thoughts that run through my…

  • A few folks have asked me to share how I came to write a book. My journey, as can always be expected, was not linear; it’s hard to pinpoint its true start. Did I become a writer when I precociously dictated an Easter play to my mom and then produced, directed, and starred in my…

  • My goal for 2025 was to read 75 books, and I ended up reading 77. Below is a list of all the books I read this year, with indicators for Five Star Reads, grad school books, and book club books. January February March April May June July August September October November December Thanks for following…

  • This will be my third Christmas without my dad, and there are days it still feels like the first. For those who don’t know, my dad battled cancer on and off for almost twenty years. It was almost a running dark joke in the family that we celebrated “The 10th Annual ‘Dad’s Last Christmas’”. How…

  • Welcome back to my monthly reading wrap up! In November, I read a whopping nine books, although in all honesty, one of them I had been reading for my degree since September. But still! I was really happy with the variety of books I read this month, and hope to have just as many standouts…

  • If I had the power to influence you to do just one thing, it would be to join a book club. As someone in not one, not two, but three book clubs, I feel as if I have become a bit of an authority on the many merits of belonging to them. First, did you…

  • Welcome to my first end of month reading wrap up! This month I managed to read six books, although to be fair two of them were novellas, which is not what I normally reach for. Not to mention both novellas were both science fiction–if you have ever been in a book club with me then…

  • This week, my LGBTQ+ book club, “Read with Pride”, met at the library to discuss Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. However, much to Mr. Gray’s dismay, I am not here to discuss the book itself, but rather the discussion around censorship it sparked and how it affects the LGBTQ+ community right now.  Oscar…