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.
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
Hah LFG is definitely male therapy! I've read ACOTAR and just read the first Crescent City, but having done ToG. Worth it?