2026 Book List

Here is my reading list for 2026. I plan to read 25 books. This list is in no particular order. Title Author Genre Samantha Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Samantha, #2) Susan S. Adler Children’s Samantha’s Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Samantha, #3) Maxine Rose Schur Children’s Happy Birthday Samantha!: A…

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Golden – Annual Update of 2025

Over a year post-partum, and I’m beginning to feel some semblance of humanity returning to me. My Daughter is amazing and wondrous to watch. I can’t believe how much she’s grown over the past year. She’s a happy child and loves to explore. I’m looking forward to seeing what the next year brings us! Sleep…

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Year of the Wood Snake, 2025

January 29th marked the start of the Lunar New Year in 2025! Although the year has come and gone, I still wanted to write my own small piece about it because my sign is the Snake! This year was full of ups and downs. I wish I could say it had been a lucky year…maybe…

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Pneuma: Bi-Annual Update ‘ 24

pneu·ma/ˈno͞omə/noun Philosophynoun: pneuma; plural noun: pneumas (in Stoic thought) the vital spirit, soul, or creative force of a person.OriginGreek, literally ‘that which is breathed or blown’. I have given birth to a new soul on this earth. My heart is filled with boundless joy and wonder for this tiny infant girl. My daughter was born…

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Liebesleid: Bi-Annual Update ‘ 24

One of my recent favorite classical music suites is Liebesfreud (Love’s Joy), Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow), and Schön Rosmarin (Lovely Rosemary) by Fritz Kriesler. Specifically, I love the piano version of Liebesleid. I discovered the song while watching the anime, Your Lie in April, a Japanese romantic drama series that follows a young pianist named Kо̄sei…

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Year of the Wood Dragon, 2024

This year, February 10th marks the start of the Lunar New Year in 2024! And what an exciting year it’s going to be as we see the Water Rabbit exit and welcome the Wood Dragon! In Chinese culture this sign is an auspicious one, as dragons are regarded as the givers of abundance and longevity.…

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Death (XIII) Q4 ‘ 23

Sitting down to write at the end of this year has been nearly impossible. There’s a loss of motivation, a loss of confidence, increased anxiety, and preparation for life changes to come next year. The ending of 2023 and the oncoming of 2024 feels like the Major Arcana tarot card, Death. Upright Death represents endings,…

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2024 Book List

Here is my reading list for 2024. I plan to read 22 books. I carried over a few books from last year that I still want to read and added my Christmas haul here too. This list is in no particular order. Title Author Genre Solitude: A Return to the Self Anthony Storr Psychology Non-Fiction…

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2023 End Year Book Summary

In 2023 I exceeded my reading challenge! I read 23 out of 20 books. That’s 5 more books than in 2022 and I had maintained the same amount of books for the challenge. I read 8 out of 20 books from the original reading list. I read 8 books that were unlisted. And I reread…

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Flow Q3 ‘ 23

Every session where I sit down to write is a different. I bring some new form of thought, idea, and feeling from my experiences of the day that excite me to push further into my story. Some days I’m grinding against the keys of my laptop and wondering why I bother. Each sentence is like…

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