get ready for 2025 with the 7th annual edition of a rad reading challenge! nine prompts and one year to stretch yourself in your reading.
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i firmly believe books are the very best gifts, even if nobody ever gets them for me because they think i have too many! not true!!! anyway. i’ve turned to gifting books to my people in hopes that it inspires them to return the favor… and also because as previously stated, i believe books are the best gifts.
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in a world verrrrry fueled by capitalism, i want to share a bunch of ideas that will make your money matter more this season, supporting small businesses (almost entirely), with most being Black, people of color, lgbtqia+, or women-owned.
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in this guide, you’ll find 72 total recommendations, with 12 each in the following categories:
🍂cozy/comforting
🧙🏼♀️witches/hexes
🔥sweet/spicy
🩸murder/mystery
🧑🏻🏫academic settings
🧌creature features
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i often get asked what the best things are to do/see/eat/etc in rva, so i’ve sketched out a rough itinerary for a day to give you some ideas of my favorites as well as how to get a good sampling of the city!
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looking for your next read in the river city? look no further — here are 5 of my most favorite and most frequented bookstores in the richmond, va area!
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i am so excited about this year’s guide — it’s a really fun blend of book recs for all kinds of readers, and i implemented so many of your suggestions which makes it even better! plus, these recs aren’t just from me…
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april was the month i read the steamiest book of my life (still not over it, i loved it) and returned to enneagram books and read 4 five star reads… a solid month, overall!
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ahhh, the sweet, sweet feeling of coming out of a reading slump! I AM BACK IN ACTION and crushing 15 books (with SIX of them racking up five stars) felt SO GOOD. march was great! yay books!
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february felt like a reading SLUMP even though, sure, i read 11 books (6 of them were novellas!). i didn’t have FUN reading this month…
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may these resources be helpful guides along this lenten season as we remove a distraction to better create space for Christ in our lives and in our hearts.
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i don’t know about you, but even as a very single and very-anti-valentine’s day person, there’s something about all the love, hearts, and commercially-crafted romance in the air this time of year that makes me want to read something with a happily ever after.
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by popular demand, i’m back to rounding up all of the reviews of what i read each month here on my blog, and i hope it’s a helpful resource for you!
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whether you are joining in on a rad reading challenge for 2024, or you are just looking to diversify your reading, or you want to amplify and support Latinx authors for another reason, i hope this list of books (both that i’ve read and that are on my tbr list!) is a helpful guide!
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This is one of my favorite things to create year after year — A RAD Reading Challenge is back for 2024!
The focus this year is to intentionally read DIVERSELY. (it matters!!! so much!!!)
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tis the season for twinkly lights and cozy blankets, cheesy movies and mistletoe (but only in the movies? i’ve seriously never seen the stuff in real life…), and, OF COURSE, holiday reads!
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i grew up pretty clueless about most pop culture, but in my adulthood, i’ve loved catching up with the shows, movies, music, and other trends i missed over the years as well as what’s popular now, and then learning more about the key people in the midst of it all. when celebs release memoirs and spill the tea (or some heavily filtered, still very one-sided, definitely strategic and not always totally honest version of it), i am HERE FOR IT, especially when it comes to actors, musicians, and bachelor nation stars. JUDGE ME IF YOU MUST.
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it has been a summer of easy, breezy, swoony reads for me this year (more than ever, i’d say!) and i’m rounding up 20 that i’ve read this june and july to give you some great recs!
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