Comments on: Welcome Back! How Are You?

By: Sarah Stanberry

Sarah Stanberry — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:54:13 +0000

In reply to Sarah Stanberry.

Thank you all for the warm welcome and fun recs!! :)

By: Joanna Goddard

Joanna Goddard — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 01:53:59 +0000

In reply to Grace.

Loft! Xo

By: jdp

jdp — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:47:50 +0000

In reply to Emily O.

there is a danger to loving my brilliant friend and the whole series. first, you spend weeks/months immersed in that world and it’s hard to come out. second, if, like me, you enthusiastically lend out the first book to a friend thinking they will love it just as much, you wait for weeks/months/years to get it back because they are too embarrassed to admit they can’t bring themselves to read a book that intense/long! so now i’m waiting…and might just buy myself a new (used) copy.

By: Elena

Elena — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:55:42 +0000

In reply to Martha.

Love this, Martha! I’m from Portland and going back soon to visit family. Thanks for doing good work for education! Gonna have to look up emotional support llamas when I’m in town! :)

By: jen

jen — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:23:57 +0000

I’m working freelance – and took time off from a course I’m doing to retrain as a teacher beccause I expected a lot of work this summer. None of it came through, but I’ve kept the course paused and am focusing on chill days with my kids, long walks alone, and prepping for – I hope – a busy season of my course, and work, and solo parenting the kids once school starts again. Feeling grateful to have a soft landing space right now and time to exist, be present, and read (and apply for projects too of course).

By: Midge

Midge — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 03:45:37 +0000

In reply to Hannah.

Hi Hannah, since January I’ve implemented Tuesday Newsday, where I save everything up to read on one day of the week. I’m keeping myself informed without being mired in it every single day. Also since January I’ve picked activism work in my city, state, and nation and make sure I do at least one thing every day (or, almost every day). My kids and my job are pretty demanding and time-intensive right now, and this has struck the right balance for me in these absolutely crazy, heartbreaking times.