Leisure readings

"To be alive, and try to be a decent person, and not turn it into anything big or grand, that’s the hardest thing of all." 

- The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong

2026 Progress (My favorites are highlighted):

1. The Girls Who Grew Big, by Leila Mottley

2. Heart the Lover, by Lily King

3. Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool, by Emily Oster

4. The River Is Waiting, by Wally Lamb

5. The Three Lives of Cate Kay, by Kate Fagan

6. Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson

7. Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman

8. The Dearly Beloved, by Cara Wall