#it’s been on my tbr for a while and it just became available on Libby today

[harmonizewithechoes]

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[adventuresasmrsfindley]

I have a raging headache. I stayed up way too late last night and even once I went to bed I slept like crap. Have barely consumed any water yet today so I'm sure that's not helping.

But I did go through all of Knox's toys in his room and organized and made his toy box and toy storage bins look much better. So that feels nice!

I really need to go to bed at a decent time tonight, but a book I've been waiting for just became available through Libby 😬 the worst and also best thing I did for myself while I had TT briefly downloaded again was add like... a LOT of books to my TBR and now I'm just too amped and want to read them all immediately!

[greenconverses]

Recently read: Going by my typical standards, I basically read nothing in May. I did listen get back into listening to non-fiction audiobooks, which was nice!

From Here To Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlyn Doughty was a respectful exploration of how different cultures around the world treat death and burial. I'm super intrigued by death customs and I've loved Caitlyn's previous books about the funeral industry and such. Had check my own biases quite a few times while listening, which is a sign of a good book. (★★★★)

I'm big fan of the Maintenance Phase podcast and Aubrey Gordon's books have been on my TBR for a while, so I was delighted when You Just Need To Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People finally became available for me on Libby. Aubrey narrates this book, which gives it an extra star from the beginning! A lot of what's discussed in that book has been topics on the podcast, so it was a bit of a refresher in some ways, but if you're new to anti-fat work, this is a great place to start! (★★★★)

I wish I actually would've given myself some more space between listening to that and What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat because they hit on a lot of the same discussion points and it was definitely repetitive in some areas. What We Don't Talk About was a bit more emotional because it had a lot more anecdotical stories of anti-fatness that are hard to hear. I've been working to lose some weight this year and trying to keep my mindset and habits healthy toward my body and the process, so this type of reading has been important to me. (★★★)

The Perils of Pleasure by Julie Anne Long didn't really feel like a romance novel, more of a historical adventure piece. I enjoyed it, despite some pacing issues, but it's definitely inferior to the other JAL books I've read this year! (★★★.5)

A Problem Princess by Anna Harrington was fine. The plot in this one resolved some of complaints about the overarching series plot, but the romance developed too fast and I didn't care about heroine's whining about being a princess one bit. On to a new HR series! (★★★)