The Bible after my father passed away. Southern in-laws felt I needed comfort and solace in the true and only father, GOD.

I’m Buddhist.

Iron Flame - read Fourth Wing for book club. Ordered the next book for the damn cliffhanger. AWFUL, jumped off the dragon a few chapters in.

Started Demon Copperhead to balance it out.

As a Buddhist, imagine my surprise in finding solace in A Grief Observed. It was and is the only book that helps me cope with my father’s death. Lewis is so candid and raw with his anger and rage, he didn’t try to find meaning in death.

Love love Hitch Hikers Guide, I always go back to it when I’m feeling nostalgic for my first funny and absurd adventure, Sideway Stories from Wayside School - Louis Sachar.

YES to Watership Down! Had to read it for English class and almost put it down for the sparknote shortcut. So happy I finished it. My first lit high. The first assigned book that felt like a beautiful journey and not homework.

Grateful for that English teacher that kept encouraging us all to wander outside the comfort zone and start the adventure but also knowing when it isn’t serving you.

Up In The Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell

Love it for the nostalgia and random sweet stories. Read it 15 years ago and saved me during the first wave of Covid.