Wondering what to send outside of books?
First off - THANK YOU!!
I'm most fortunate to be surrounded by so many generous and warm souls, both on and off the web.
🥮 local candies & snacks (no allergies here...believe me, I've conducted experiments!)
🥘 a tried-and-true recipe
〽️ washi tape
🧩 favorite quote, and the story behind why it struck your chord
✈️ travel-sized anything, even hot sauces! lol



December 2022~

Those who know me know I love to move! But I think I am aging out of that process, and am finally in a place where I can see myself staying put until I age into a 55+ community (still a ways away). I hope the trend of armchair detectives in said communities hold (minus the murders); if not, I suppose they'll always have book clubs :)

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.






May 2020


Pictured above are 2 of my favorite characters to represent my lament for not having enough time or lives to read all of the books! However, that is where the representation ends (am pretty far removed from old white male).

Favorite genres include dystopian/ alt-reality/ apocalyptic/ sci-fi ≠ fantasy, human movement or diasporic stories, travel memoirs, books about librarians/books, NFs in the vein of author Mary Roach, The Sixth Extinction, etc.
Least favorite: self-help, romance, westerns, politics (except when it pertains to ethnic or women's issues)

Books that defined my ages:
20s~Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
30s~Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
40s(so far)~Less by Andrew Sean Greer; In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado; Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Most memorable book:
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón...the only book where I delayed finishing as long as I could; I wept at the end because my reading ended.