"My body language shifts immediately. Mom has a way of doing that to me. Just as she can set my body on edge and make me rigid with fear and anxiety, she can also calm me down. She has that kind of power. I wish she'd use it this way more often."

As a new mom, I'm learning so much from watching my toddler watch me. It is incredible just how much they learn through observation and how important it is for us as parents to model good emotional regulation. So it doubly hurts my heart as a parent and as someone trying to break generational patterns to see McCurdy's needs as a child go unmet.

I'm making my way through Book Riot's Read Harder challenge and one of the prompts is "a nonviolent true crime book." Anyone have recommendations?

Note: I cross-posted this question in the true crime quest forum as well!

I'm looking for a "nonviolent true crime book" to satisfy one of the prompts for the 2026 Read Harder challenge. What would folks recommend?

This might have been asked before, anyway I'm bringing the topic back. I know there are several ways to organize and display books (by author, genre, spine colour, etc.), so I was wondering what is you guys' setup in your home? Which method do you prefer?

For me, I have switched it up a lot over the years, as I acquired more books. I've had them ordered by spine colour at some point and although it looked really nice, it wasn't super practical. I find that ordering by author works best for me. I only have one Billy bookshelf and recently have been organizing by genre as well. I have YA, classics, literary fiction, horror, historical fiction and poetry. I also have some non-fiction, mostly books from uni and for learning (art, languages, environment, architecture).

The bookshelf is in my bedroom, so I'm thinking of eventually getting a smaller one to put in my living room and transfer my nonfiction and cookbooks!