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All My Favorite Cozy Hobbies, Ranked (opens the original)
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I don’t know who I’d be without my hobbies. I don’t know how I’d fill my time without these activities that bring me the most joy. What would I do when I get off work? Just lie on the floor, eat Goldfish, and watch Instagram Reels until it’s time for bed? At times I can find myself in that exact situation, I can always get up after a certain amount of time and partake in something that actually brings meaning to my existence.Fall is the perfect time to start a new hobby. People begin to retreat
Book Review: “Hollow Bones” by Jodi Picoult Is The Best Book I’ve Read All Year (opens the original)
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This was easily the best book I’ve read all year. I hadn’t read any book by Jodi Picoult before diving into her 30th novel, but I may have to — especially since this book follows characters from another book of hers, My Sister’s Keeper.This was an incredible, harrowing tale that is set on the backdrop of the 9/11 tragedy and in the decades after. It follows decisions made on and around that day. But this isn’t a book about that day. It’s about the decisions faced by mothers and daughters. That f
Books I’d Recommend to Characters From “Gilmore Girls” (opens the original)
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Where you lead, I will follow…… all the way to a small town in Connecticut because I’m packing up my charcuterie board and book club beverage of choice and going to the fictional town of Stars Hollow for a book club.I loved imagining myself in a book club with my favorite sitcom characters, so I thought I’d expand the fictional book club to my favorite fictional town with characters I adore.Rory Gilmore is the Internet’s
Book Review: “See You Next Tuesday” by Kate Stayman-London Gives Me Hope for a Better Tomorrow (opens the original)
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Where do I begin? I’ll try to blink back tears from the political hope this book reignited in my heart. I loved Kate Stayman-London’s debut, One to Watch. I read it in 2020 and to this day, it remains one of my favorite — and most recommended — romance books of all time. I haven’t read her second novel yet, but when I received an ARC of her third romance book about politics and campaigning — something I knew she had professional experience in — I knew I had to prioritize it. The ARC email landed
41 Thoughts I Had While Watching Season 2 of “Adults” (opens the original)
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I binge-watched season one of Adults in two days last year the second it came out. As someone who rewatches Friends and New Girl religiously, I knew I was going to love this sitcom about a group of friends who lived together. What can I say? I know my taste in TV.So consider me a little shocked when I found out that this show got renewed for season two. Especially when networks and studios have a recent history of cancelling beloved shows. I thought for sure that this sitcom with only eight epis
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