The Good Stuff from August (+ All the Books I Read!)

I have gotten very off my rhythm of posting these in a timely manner, but here’s my August recap!

Here’s the good stuff from August:

ps— affiliate links are included in this post!

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five-star books:

• The Guest List by Lucy Foley (review here)

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (review here)

• Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah (review here)

• The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (review here)

• Can’t Breathe: A Memoir by Laesa Faith Kim (review here)

shows + movies:

• Love Island (don’t judge)

podcasts:

• The Popcast (Knox + Jamie)

• The Next Right Thing Podcast (Emily P. Freeman)

the RAD podcast:

• took a hiatus in august!

music:

• the new NEEDTOBREATHE album!!!

everything else:

• i moved!!! into a new place! by myself!

• i didn’t journal for more than a month. yikes.

• “everything in life is either a response or a reaction.” (thanks, counseling.)

• Hope Thrift opened a second location!

• SHARK WEEK HAPPENED.

• “you can’t live out of survival.” (again, counseling.)

• i accepted a new job title/role at work — i’m so excited!

• my 5 words or less for why I’m still a Christian

• Jacob Black was shot 7 times in the back by police, and grief came in fresh waves.

• NEEDTOBREATHE released a new album!

• started my self-love gallery wall in my bathroom

• i finally read the Birth Order Book my best friend has raved about for years

• i loved the reflection questions in this podcast from Bridgetown

• i straightened my hair again after almost two months

• i felt the impact of not having any physical touch for months, and it was hard and heavy.

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ps— if you’re curious, here’s everything I read this month:

• Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland (4 stars // review here)

• A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas (3 stars // review here)

• Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan (3 stars // review here)

• The Margot Affair by Sanaë Lemoine (3 stars // review here)

• Some Places More than Others by Renee Watson (3 stars // review here)

• The Guest List by Lucy Foley (5 stars // review here)

• Chasing Vines: Finding Your Way to an Immensely Fruitful Life by Beth Moore (4 stars // review here)

• The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper (4 stars // review here)

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (5 stars // review here)

• Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah (5 stars // review here)

• The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are by Kevin Leman (4 stars // review here)

• The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (5 stars // review here)

• Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Jeff Chu (4 stars // review here)

• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (4 stars)

• Can’t Breathe: A Memoir by Laesa Faith Kim (5 stars // review here)

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