Welcome to my newsletter Life, The Universe & Everything. I'm on a mission to explore how creativity, community and storytelling support mental wellness. Yes, I read a fuck ton of books!
How I Pick My Next Read
I use a venn diagram to determine my next book:
Current Mood - do I feel overwhelmed, content, tired, joyful or anything?
Life - am I going on a trip, or having people to stay, or just chilling in quiet anxiety?
Last Read - if I just read a space opera I need something different, maybe a contemporary novel or a murder mystery?
The Book Reviews Suck #2 Pick:
Newcomer by Keigo Higashino
The gist from the publisher: “International bestseller Keigo Higashino returns with his latest mindbender--Newcomer--as newly transferred Tokyo Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga is assigned to a perplexing murder.”
Perfect Read For:
Cosy Firesides: long stretches of uninterrupted time ideally beside a roaring fire with NO ONE bothering you for snacks, “where’s my [insert the world’s most unimportant thing]“ and “what’s for dinner?”
Feeling Curious: you want to use your little grey cells!
Liked These Books?
Mindful of Murder by Susan Juby
My Affiliate Links Support Independent Booksellers
All my book links go to Bookshop.org, a certified B Corp on a mission to help local, independent bookstores thrive in the age of e-commerce. I get a small percentage of every sale which I use to fund my writing, my coffee habit and my fabric stash.
Why Book Reviews Suck
I LOVE books, however I HATE reading book reviews. Blerg…
When I scan a boring book review I self debate: Do I jive with this random person's book taste? It seems like they don’t like this book; always a critic, never a writer? What is this person even saying? Oh look, my cat is curled up in a cute way…and I’m out.
Book critiques don’t connect for people like moi and perhaps toi! Instead let us grasp onto the e-commerce industrial complex: If You Like This, You Might Like That.