lazy holiday week // end of year // best of // what happened? // 2023

spoiler alert: it's mostly memes and a playlist

Happy holidays, friends. I hope you find yourselves surrounded by loved ones (yourself included) doing whatever fills your cup. 

And for those who are struggling right now, I see you. I am holding space for you.

Here’s hoping for a better, kinder world in 2024; a free Palestine, no Nazis on Substack (or in elected positions), and joy as a light in the darkness.

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favorite books of 2023

I read 60 books this year. Here are ones I loved:

• Terrace House by Hilary Leichter (speculative fiction ft. magical realism)

• The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (thriller)

• Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture by Sara Petersen (non-fiction)

• Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas (non-fiction)

• Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (speculative fiction ft. dystopia)

• Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter (contemporary fiction)

• The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff (historical fiction)

• Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas (fantasy action/adventure/”romantasy”)

favorite screenshots of 2023

mostly memes, in chronological order, with a few earnest easter eggs

the definitive holiday playlist (mine)

photo of my cats

Image description: A throwback from 2018, Kerouac and Muir claim their stockings.