My 2023 Favourites
Happy New Year! I wanted to share some of the things I loved the most in 2023 ( Note: These are not necessarily things that were released in 2023, in fact most of them weren't lol) Books Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin (2022) One of my highlights of the year was when my boss snuck me out of work to see Gabrielle Zevin speak at the Writer’s Festival. Zevin was charming and insightful, and when discussing Tomorrow she mentioned that many people had told her “I feel like you wrote this book for me .” In my review of Tomorrow I wrote: “Isn’t it a wonderful feeling when a book turns out to be exactly what you hoped for? Or when it appeals so specifically to your interests that it feels like it was written just for you?” Hearing that I was not the only one who felt this way reminded me of what’s so special about books. Of all the ways we consume art, reading is arguably the most subjective, and certainly the most intimate. It’s something that no tw...