So, I have both the winter holidays and my birthday coming up. I'm considering taking my TBR pile, wrapping them all up in Christmas wrapping as presents to myself, and then choosing them one at a time at random for the rest of winter... like a semi-blind date with a book since I'll know what's in the pile, just not which one is which. I can't decide if this would be fun and exciting or just a waste of wrapping paper 🤔. Thought others might like the idea though. What do you think? Fun or frustrating?

100% my mental image of the gingerbread man riding Mona’s shoulder

I can’t help but lament that the people who will gravitate to this book are those who are already community/sustainability minded. The people who I want most to read this never would, or wouldn’t be sensitive enough to absorb the lessons. When I hear a passage that particularly tugs at the heartstrings, I’m like “someone call Zuck! Call Bezos!”

”When systems of governance and market economies of debt are disrupted, networks of mutual aid arise”

Perhaps we should make more of an effort to help each other BEFORE times of crisis arise. Share more openly with each other. If your neighbor gives you extra veggies from their garden, make an extra loaf of bread next week to give back to them. Or better yet, just make them that loaf of bread for the hell of it. Just to be kind. Give more than you receive always and maybe we can avoid so many full on crises.

100% my mental image of the gingerbread man riding Mona’s shoulder

hey everyone!! so, just a bit of background before my weirdly specific need for these kinds of stories: i am unfortunately going through a lot in life and i’m at that stage in my life seeing friends get married, outgrow their hobbies to be more mature and find people who GET them and put them first. whereas i seem to lack that and no matter how hard i try, seems no one really wants to get me.

this isn’t to make anyone sad. I’ve come to terms with it but my bookish thought about this is if anyone has any book recs for this oddly specific feeling or situation? (AND if anyone knows a good romance where the mc puts someone first and sees them, gets them….i will love you for the end of time 🫶🏻🫶🏻) i thought maybe reading about these kinds of situations can help me feel less alone and if someone out there also understands this feeling….i get it 🩷