literature

Reading Diary: Hotel Casanova by Annie Ernaux

Why I love the way Ernaux writes about desire

November 1st, 2026

I'm officially kicking off Austen Autumn!

Reading Diary: Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgård

I want to share more of my thoughts about the books I read.

October 28th, 2026

I'm still making my way through Knausgård's Autumn

October 23rd, 2026

I've started reading Karl Ove Knausgård's Autumn . It's written as a series of tender letters to his soon-to-be-born daughter. He wants to d...

October 4th, 2026

I'm starting another blanket 😆 Also, I got some new cute pajamas with sheep on them. They remind me of Shawn the Sheep . It's been a cozy w...

September 27th, 2026

Yesterday, I finished Sólrún Michelsen's On the Other Side is March . It is about a Faroese woman in her sixties who is caring for her ailin...

August 12th, 2026

Watercolor drawings by Beatrix Potter Source: British Museum I've been going down a Beatrix Potter rabbit hole (pun intended), and I wanted ...

August 11th, 2026

Nan Shepherd My favorite quotes from Nan Shepherd's The Living Mountain , her exquisite book about the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland: No, ...