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Read this first at the start of 2025 and it just felt appropriate to christen 2026 with a second read! In this season of my life I’m in the business of talking to toddlers all day. The need for empathy and communication skills is high. Thankful for tool-building books like this. Truly I believe every person could benefit from the framework of NVC.

“It is terrifying to be a parent. To choose to behave one way with your child, and then watch what comes of it. It is like planting a garden with aster and dynamite, but you never know which, and either sprouts up at the oddest times to remind you of what you did well or poorly.”

What a felt explanation of the experience.

Easily my favorite romance novel I’ve read this year. The writing is beautiful. The fact that her interests are poetry + baking… just yes. I feel like I’m reading something “About Time” coded with the way it weaves conversations about love and grief and family and meaning together seamlessly. It’s on Kindle Unlimited too!! 👏🏼

Quirky and cute thus far! Reminds me a bit of Becky Chambers in that it’s rambly in a nice way.

Absolutely a favorite non-fiction read for the year. Can every American parent please read this? 😅

What a delight of a book. It just keeps delivering.

Stories where everyone is horribly unkind to one another nonstop are maybe not my favorite. 😅 I’m working hard to get through this.

I am insanely inspired. I just knew this book would set me on the path to my outdoor era.

Girl crushing on Virginia Au Augustus. Thank God her POV exists in the series (finally) !!!

It feels as if it has ended before it has begun lol but I have read many reviews who say the second-half is actually the best part, so we carry on…

I feel a book-hangover brewing. Perhaps it will finally be time for me to read the King Killer Chronicles next. Assuming nothing else will feel as satisfyingly perfect as this.

Cozy gothic Thanksgiving reading 🖤

Ok but why do I love Lysander