A Well-Read Tart

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CALM CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Book Review

Beth Kempton's Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year: A Little Book of Festive Joy is a delightful holiday read. I’m always searching for Christmas books that are a little outside the box. Yes, I want something with more substance than a rom-com. However, I don't want someone dying or discovering they have cancer around the holidays, either. (Elin Hilderbrand's Winter Street Series, I'm looking at you.)  Even though I usually read fiction at...

SLOW PRODUCTIVITY Book Review

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout is a book that 20-Something CJ wouldn't have looked twice at. Let's fast forward (quite) a few years to, well, now. CJ's in her early 40s (and apparently speaking in third person). She has a great career and several side hustles that she loves. And she's exhausted from trying to fit everything in.  So, you better believe she/I clicked Order on bookshop.org and tracked the...