Convenience Store Woman

book by Sayaka Murata

My reading notes from this book, gathered across several encounters—ideas that resonated, arguments that stayed with me, moments worth returning to.

author, premise or hype

New-to-me Authors Read in 2025

A Top Ten Tuesday list of new-to-me authors I read in 2025, plus the real question underneath: was I pulled in by the author, the premise, or the hype, and did the book deliver?

wild and unruly

Best Books I Read in 2025

A curated list of fiction and nonfiction exploring burnout, work, grief, attention, and belonging. Personal notes on books that helped me think more clearly about modern life.