Academic – Academic Leigh Speaking

Starting this blog was my pump break as I worked on Chapter Four today. And it’s a 17 page draft now to turn into Jesse! I was originally going to start on Chapter Five but was stymied by the volume of material and uncertainty regarding my interpretation of the text. With this chapter, I know… Continue reading Chapter Four

Books I’ve read in 2023

1) Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
2) Once There Were Wolves (Charlotte McConaghy)
3) Our Missing Hearts (Celeste Ng)
4) Women Rowing North (Mary Phipher)
5) The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah)
6) A Very Punchable Face (Colin Jost)
7) Migrations (Charlotte McConaghy)
8) Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
9) Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
10) As Long As the Lemon Tree Grows (Zoulfa Katouh)
11) Someday, Maybe (Onyi Nwabineli)
12) Someone Else’s Shoes (Jojo Moyes)
13) Pineapple Street (Jenny Jackson)
14) Really Good, Actually (Monica Heisey)
15) Mad Honey (Jodi Picault and Jennifer Finney Boylan)
16) Spare (Prince Harry)
17) The Age of Vice (Deepti Kapoor)
18) Romantic Comedy (Curtis Sittenfeld)
19) Wayward (Emilia Hart)
20) My Underground American Dream (Julissa Are)
21) The Love Songs of WEB DuBois (Honoree Fannon Jeffers)
22) Black Cake (Charmaine Wilkerson)
23) Yours Truly (Abby Jimenez)
24) Because of Miss Bridgerton (Julia Quinn)
25) Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
26) When He was Wicked (Julia Quinn)
27) The Last Flight (Julie Clark)
28) The Friend Zone (Abby Jimenez)
29) The Happily Ever After Playlist (Abby Jimenez)
30) Happy Place (Emily Henry)