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A Peek Inside My Bookcase
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items I'm back with a new book edit! I'm so grateful that my Empowering Reads for Badass Women list has been resonating with some of you! People always come to me for fashion advice, but I love reading, and getting to share what interests me book-wise is s...
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I’m almost scared to read this collection of short stories again because I loved it so much the first time around. I remember reading a review that described it as atmospheric, modern American Gothic, and that’s exactly it. The stories feel so lush, ...
Florida
I knew this was considered a masterpiece before I bought it, but I still had no idea what I was in for. I read it on the beach during a solo vacation and repeatedly gasped out loud because it was so brilliant. I kept looking around me, hoping someone...
The Fire Next Time
You don’t need to know Michelle Zauner’s music to connect with this memoir; it's a beautifully written coming-of-age story. She offers rich and intimate memories of cooking, family, and grief, and doesn’t shy away from revealing the challenges of her...
Crying in H Mart
A fantastic exploration of why women are drawn to true crime media! There are so many jokes about millennial women relaxing to tales of murder, but at some point, you have to wonder what that’s all about. Using four archetypes, each represented by a ...
Savage Appetites: True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession
This is the book I’ve gifted the most. The Inconvenient Indian is a non-linear look at the history of interactions between North America’s Indigenous peoples and Europeans. It’s incredibly fascinating, heartbreaking, but somehow funny too. I read it ...
The Inconvenient Indian
There’s a pretty good chance you’ll want to blow up your life and buy a boat after reading this, because of it and in spite of it. I say “in spite of it” because a 20,000-mile journey is no joke, and we get to feel every high and low along the way. I...
Swell
This is a beautiful mystery novel centred on the disappearance of two young girls in a remote Russian community. The book is cleverly constructed: each chapter unfolds from a different woman’s perspective, revealing small moments that build into an e...
Disappearing Earth
I absolutely loved this novel. It’s really dark, messy, and provocative. Think Fight Club, but with women eating themselves sick. It explores what happens when women stop trying to make themselves smaller, in size and spirit, and turn taking up space...
Supper Club
French Picks
I didn’t mean to pull a fast one on you, but I couldn’t give you a peek at my bookshelf without including a few French recommendations. I’m not sure how many francophones are on here, but I hope you’ll still enjoy discovering what makes these books s...
This book! I begged my friends to read it the second I finished the last chapter because I couldn’t get the ending out of my head for days. Actually, I couldn’t put it down from the very first page. It’s sharp and cynical. As you watch the main chara...
Avide
Dany Laferrière is a national treasure, and this copy never leaves my house because he signed it for me. No one else could have written such a powerful account of living through Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. He has said he “escaped panic through writing,”...
Tout bouge autour de moi
I don’t think this trend has caught on in English-language publishing, but there are quite a few really cool themed alphabet books in French! I picked up this one at the McCord Stewart Museum boutique, and it’s so much fun. Each letter explores the h...
Petites histoires de nos vêtements
This book felt like a weird little dream. I bought it solely for the cover, but it had me hooked from the very first page. Two girls leave their empty village with their pet rabbit and set off on their bikes toward the seaside to start anew. That’s a...
Partir de rien
This novel carved out a little place in my heart and never left. It’s absolutely delightful, an ode to freedom, authenticity, and breaking with convention. All values I try to live by. The writing is whimsical but profound, and you end up wishing you...
La folle allure
After receiving a fine for public urination because she couldn't find a bathroom on her way home from a bar, Rebekka Endler was inspired to write this essay on why so many everyday objects fail women. It's laugh- and rage-inducing, and it will make y...
Le patriarcat des objets : Pourquoi le monde ne convient pas aux femmes