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This 30-Minute Friday Cleaning Formula Makes for a More Calming Weekend at Home
by Sheila Loesch published about 2 hours ago Envision this: It’s Sunday afternoon. The Sunday scaries are distracting you, you’ve started to make a mental list of all the things you need to do to prepare for the week ahead, and you’re stressed about all the chores you didn’t do around the house because you had plans, or prioritized relaxing instead of doing, or simply didn’t have the time on a two-day weekend. Does that ring true for you?
Getting out the vote results in young love across cultures in Young Adult Novel Yes No Maybe So
A book about a fictional political race may not seem like the most escapist story to read in the run up to the 2020 presidential election. Co-authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed released Yes No Maybe So in February, and I read it during a period when the presidential primary contest was just picking up momentum and COVID-19 was new to my vocabulary.
9 of the Best Productivity Books For When You're Mentally Exhausted
I think we can agree that 2020 has been a challenging year. And with so much social change requiring our attention, mental exhaustion might be a natural side effect. In this atmosphere, it’s no surprise if your typical strategies for staying attentive and avoiding distraction just don’t work anymore. The good news is there are plenty of books on productivity written by qualified experts for you to investigate and try out some new methods.
My Fiancée And I Will Be The Only Queer People At Our Wedding
The author (right) and her fiancée, Kristina, after they were engaged in Manhattan in 2019. (Photo: Courtesy of Suess Moments) It’s June, and Kristina and I find ourselves printing the pages of our marriage license application to get it notarized and mailed in because the county office is closed for COVID-19 precautions. Until a few weeks ago, when I started to see posts on social media about it, I forgot this is also LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
How to Responsibly Recycle Your Digital Reading Devices
How do you like to enjoy the stories you pick up? Do you strictly use printed books, opt for an ereader, absorb audiobooks streamed from your smartphone, or some combination of all three? Regardless of your reading preference, there’s an environmental cost attached to the production, distribution, and disposal of those books and ereaders.
Books About Keith Haring to Celebrate His Birthday
Artist and activist Keith Haring would have observed his 62nd birthday this month (on May 4, precisely) if not for his untimely death in 1990 due to complications from AIDS. I invite you to celebrate with me by recalling his memorable artwork, reading nonfiction books about Keith Haring, and even picking up a coloring project or two to acknowledge his legacy.
10 Cat Behavior Books With Techniques to Tame Your Feisty Feline
The status of cats as match-made companions for book lovers is well documented. Typical cat behavior is ideally suited for bookish folks: independent, mostly self-sustaining, and quiet. However, for better or for worse, cats experience mood shifts just like us and their habits change in parallel. Maybe your cat’s behavior turns rowdy during your evening reading hour like clockwork. Or, rather than dutifully snoozing next to you, your kitten nibbles at the edge of your paperback.
What To Do If You CAN'T Read Right Now
Are you finding that you can’t read lately? It is more important than ever to have a hobby or stress-buster to step away from anxious thoughts as COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) spreads and self-quarantining and social distancing become commonplace. Reading is normally a very comforting activity for me. But we are all experiencing very abnormal circumstances right now.
COVID-19 Updates from the Bookish World
COVID-19 continues its spread across the world, disrupting every aspect of life, including books and reading. We’re covering the effects of the pandemic on the literary world, and of course, recommending books to read while we’re all practicing social distancing (you are practicing social distancing, right?). This post will automatically update with new COVID-19-relevant content as we publish it.
Cathy Park Hong will discuss her essay collection, Minor Feelings, at Elliott Bay Book Company
Cathy Park Hong confronts some piercingly difficult questions in her book, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. “Can I write honestly? Not only about how much I’ve been hurt but how I have hurt others? And can I do it without steeping myself in guilt, since guilt demands absolution and is therefore self-serving?” The answer I would provide Hong is that yes, absolutely, she has. Hong is the author of three poetry collections, and brings an influence of lyricism to her first dive into essays.
11 Mystery and Suspense Authors Like Gillian Flynn
Gillian Flynn is a badass storyteller. She is an absolute master of the psychological thriller with suspenseful, gripping who-did-it tension in her novels that focus on deeply flawed protagonists set in true-to-life environments. Since she’s standout novelist, it’s not a simple task to identify authors like Gillian Flynn. But there are many mystery and suspense writers who have rightfully earned their own acclaim as great contemporary thriller authors.
Why I Skip My Book Club Meetings
Coming to Terms with My Preference for Reading Solo I have to make an admission: I joined a book club last year but have skipped three of the past four meetings. For some background, I moved to a new city two years ago on my own. Faced with the daunting task of making new friends, I brainstormed what kinds of social groups I could join. Because I’m a voracious reader, I searched MeetUp.com for local reading groups.
Why Working In A Bookstore Was So Disappointing
Working in a bookstore might seem like the dream job for bibliophiles. I thought so, too, and I was thrilled to start working as a bookseller last year with a national bookstore chain. I envisioned discussing my favorite authors with customers, constantly learning about the best and newest books, and taking advantage of my employee discount. Turns out this was naive optimism, because I grew to understand that profit takes priority over the joy of spreading great stories at a big-box bookstore.
Tina Chang ponders her ancestry and how to raise mixed-race children in third poetry collection, "Hybrida"
I was new to Tina Chang’s poetry when I picked up her latest book, Hybrida (2019, W. W. Norton & Company). Though her work might be very familiar to some, as the Chinese American writer has published two other poetry collections, edited a poetry anthology, and is the Poet Laureate for her hometown of Brooklyn, NY. Chang spent eight years creating her latest collection, which considers her family’s mixed ancestral identity and the current environment of racial tension in America.
Leta Hong Fincher comes to Town Hall Seattle to discuss her latest book on China’s patriarchal authoritarian regime and feminist activists
Author and scholar Leta Hong Fincher, who was born in Hong Kong but raised in Australia with frequent travel to Hong Kong and mainland China, published her second book in September 2018 centering on the clashing philosophies of China’s patriarchal authoritarian regime and feminist activists.
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