“Wintering” is Katherine May’s intimate and personal narrative of how unforeseen circumstances have allowed her to unlock the transformative power of rest and retreat during a difficult time she calls wintering.
Book Review: Our Fault (Culpable #3) by Mercedes Ron
“Our Fault” is the final book in the Culpable trilogy, a forbidden romance between step-siblings. Since their breakup, Nick and Noah have mostly been apart this last year, but fate brings them back together as their best friends, Jenna and Lion, are getting married.
Book Review: Your Fault (Culpable #2) by Mercedes Ron
“Your Fault” is the sequel to the Culpable series. Tension rises as circumstances keep Nick and Noah apart: Noah moves to her university campus while Nick handles his father’s law firm. Meanwhile, their parents and the people around them exert themselves to keep the step-siblings turned lovers apart.
Book Review: My Fault (Culpable #1) by Mercedes Ron
“My Fault” is the first book in a forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance trilogy. The story follows Nick and Noah, they are step-siblings who can’t stand each other; however, we quickly learn that they are more alike than they’d like to admit… and the irresistible attraction between the two is undeniable.
Book Review: The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
is Aldous Huxley’s philosophical account of his supervised mescaline (a psychedelic substance) trip in the 1950s.
Book Review: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
“Slaughterhouse-Five” is an anti-war novel about the often overlooked tragedy that was the Bombing of Dresden in WWII. In this fictionalized account, Vonnegut transforms his experience by creating the sensitive character of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son drafted into the war and then abducted by friendly aliens when he becomes ‘unstuck in time.’
Book Review: Night Terrors by Alice Vernon
As told by its full title, “Night Terrors” is a non-fiction book about Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It. Alice Vernon, the author, recounts some of her own traumatic experiences with sleepwalking. However, she mainly surveys ‘parasomnias’ (undesirable sleep behaviors) both through time and imagination.
Book Review: Knife by Salman Rushdie
“Knife” is Salman Rushdie’s memoir following the traumatic onstage knife attack on his life on August 12, 2022, while he was giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution.
Book Review: Room to Dream by David Lynch & Kristine McKenna
“Room to Dream” acts as a part-memoir and part-biography of David Lynch’s life from the personal (his creative process and personal life lessons) to the artistic (his art and his films).
Book Review: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
“The War of Art” is a short but punchy non-fiction book that aims to help you break through your creative blocks and win your inner creative battles.
Book Review: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
“Fledgling” follows a genetically modified, seemingly young-looking, vampire who’s lost her memory. She’s tasked with saving herself and the ones she loves from those who caused her harm and murdered her family.
Book Review: Devotion (Why I Write) by Patti Smith
“Devotion” is a short memoir in the Why I Write series. In this collection of short essays, Patti Smith recounts how she centers devotion in her creative life.
