*also films, art, conversations, etc.
I feel a tiny stab of guilt every time I Google a word definition, and it’s all because of the iconic film, Say Anything. There’s a scene where Diane Court (Ione Skye), future valedictorian, shows Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) her dictionary, shyly mentioning that she “used to mark all the words [she] looked up.” After…
Michelle Zauner lost her mother to cancer (the blurb says it was pancreatic, but in the book she clarifies that this ended up being an incorrect diagnosis), and this memoir came out of her experience, not only of seeing her mother through to the other side, but her conflicted feelings about her culture (she’s mixed…
Audiobooks, especially when read by the author, are some of my favorite things. I’m obsessed! I’m usually cleaning, sewing, driving, or walking while I listen (not necessarily in that order), and I sometimes imagine the author is in the room with me, sharing their story. I also love that sometimes the author goes “off script”…