I am a voracious reader and every week I come across either a book, online piece or website I want to share with others. I’ve decided to curate these gems and highlight them on Friday. I hope you find these faves as insightful as I do.
- How do you live in a one bedroom apartment with 12,000 books? Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life, reveals how she lives with so many books.
- Does comparing yourself with others wreak havoc on your self-esteem? Here’s the healthy way to compare yourself to other people.
- Are you a people pleaser? How to say no when you feel you can only say yes.
- A piece on marriage – Happily-Ever-After Doesn’t Exist.
What are some of your favorite reads?
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too.
Living with books is fabulous! Just purged and gave aways boxes of them. I do this about every other year. I just can’t help but buy books. In search of picking one for my bookclub. Criteria is that it has to be by a woman or about a woman and must be avaiable in paperback…any suggestions? You always have such great rcommendations.
Susan,
I think you might enjoy Goodbye, Vitamin (Rachel Khong) and One Day We’ll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter (Scaachi Koul). If more come to mind, I will let you know.
Ah.. real life marriage. Love it.
Also, I’m terrible at saying no! I love that one.
Living with books sounds so wonderful to me! I loved the article! :) Thanks. xoxo