Spring is always a busy time. The semester and the regular school year are ending, we have a slew of family birthdays, and there are a host of delightful author events filling up my calendar. But ever the introvert, I’m always excited to take a quiet moment to sit in a corner and listen to a great audiobook. There’s just something peaceful about sitting with the sounds of nature while taking in a great story through my headphones. Today, I’ll be featuring a few of those stories, but first, bookish goods!
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Bookish Goods
Library UFO Alien Abduction Bookmark by TurtlesSoup
Summer reading is starting for my gaggle of nieces and nephews, and this adorable bookmark seems exactly like something they need. $4
New Releases
Pack Light: A Journey to Find Myself by Shilletha Curtis
Shilletha Curtis traverses the Appalachian trail, traveling from Georgia all the way up into Maine. In eight months, she travels through fourteen states. She uses her journey to work through depression, anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD.
Sobremesa: Easy Mexican Recipes for Every Day by Susana Villasuso
As the book description says, “sobremesa means ‘relaxing at the table after a heavy meal,’ usually after getting together with family and friends.” Susana Villasuso provides simple, everyday recipes that give readers the perfect meal for any day of the week.
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Riot Recommendations
Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change by Anjali Enjeti
Enjeti and her family moved to the South when she was small. Since then, she’s called the South her home. But as a mixed-race Brown girl, many people there didn’t necessarily make her feel welcome. Now an adult, Enjeti writes about her experience with racism as well as her complicity in systemic racism. These essays feature her thoughts on feminism, the new South, gun violence, voter suppression, and so much more.
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong
Disability activist Alice Wong has gathered together some of the best disabled writers of the last few decades. This collection features authors from a wide range of backgrounds, each with their own unique experience of disability. Each essay gives a different perspective on what it’s like to live as a disabled person in the U.S. Plus, there are even more disability media resources in the back of the book.
That’s it for this week! You can find me over on my substack Winchester Ave, over on Instagram @kdwinchester, on TikTok @kendrawinchester, or on my podcast Read Appalachia. As always, feel free to drop me a line at kendra.d.winchester@gmail.com. For even MORE bookish content, you can find my articles over on Book Riot.
Happy reading, Friends!
~ Kendra