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Happy October! Today is my husband’s birthday (always a fun start to the month). Give him your well wishes for thirty-three!
a great way to show affection
I love September for its transitional coziness and addition of pumpkin to most bakery menus. This year was no different, with a few standout favorites. Scroll on to read them all and get October’s phone wallpaper!
READS
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka—a book about swimming, routine, and dementia. Otsuka is such a poetic writer. A sad one, but a good one.
Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, read for book club. Tells the story of Catalina, an undocumented Harvard senior as she slowly moves toward the dread of what life after graduation looks like without citizenship. If you like a campus novel, this is a refreshing new take.
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi. A young woman pretends to be pregnant to avoid being asked to make coffee (among other chores) at her otherwise all-male office. A reflection on loneliness and womanhood and societal expectations all in one.
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. OOF. This book!!! I cried through the final few chapters. The story follows a bunch of different characters in a not-so-unbelievable dystopian America, where prisoners serving sentences of twenty-five years or more can opt into a gladiator-style arena television show in which participants fight to the death. Survive (and kill) for three years in the circuit and you’re free. Such a haunting look at the systemic racism and capitalism in America’s prison system.
WATCHES
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