reading

  • The Books That Shaped My Life: From Avalon to Faulkner (A Very Beth-ISH Reading List)

    The Books That Shaped My Life: From Avalon to Faulkner (A Very Beth-ISH Reading List)

    A friend’s podcast got me thinking about the books that shaped me – the fantasy that gave me a new perspective as a bullied teen, the sci‑fi epic that opened my imagination, and the Faulkner novel that hit with emotional force and felt familiar and true. This isn’t a complete list, just the ones that…

  • A Year in Review: The Book Edition

    A Year in Review: The Book Edition

    I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a year’s end wrap-up post, because one thing I’ve learned in all my many trips around the sun is that people LOVE hearing about another person’s extremely tailored, funhouse-mirror view of their lives (psst, this is typed using Sarcastic font™ – I’m calling that out, because I’m…

  • Homework

    “My therapist suggested…” should be the start of every story. I mean, think of the endless possibilities – all the genres it could easily cross. At least that’s what I think at this moment. I mean, I am the author (supreme overlord of my story), and it works for the purposes of my universe (today…