a book + plant lifestyle blog
Happy summer solstice, friends! A few days ago, I stopped by the Central Valley’s Mad Monk store and had a blast on my little vintage shopping excursion! I first came across Mad Monk when I lived in south Berkeley, which actually had Mad Monk, Rasputin, […]
It’s been a while since I’ve done book reviews here, but I’m proud to say that I’ve been keeping up with reading this past year! I post most of my mini reviews on Instagram (@howdyfronds – cheugy, I know), but I wanted to share a […]
At the end of last year, I channeled my inner geeky fourth grader and started keeping a reading log in a slim Stalogy B6 journal that I’ve since adorned with obnoxious Arthur stickers. I actually think that I revisit it more than my private life […]
I loved loved LOVED Daisy Jones and The Six. I’d always see copies of it floating around at the library for years and wondered what the big deal was about. Well, after reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I was curious to see what […]
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Crying in H Mart might just be one of my favorite reads from 2022. I’ve never listened to Japanese Breakfast/Jbrekkie, AKA Michelle Zauner, the author of Crying in H Mart, but her memoir has definitely been hyped up […]
It’s been a minute since I’ve picked up a romance novel that’s swept me off my feet. While perusing the library one day, I happened upon Bolu Babalola’s Honey & Spice in the New Fiction section. I’ve always found myself snickering at Babalola’s jokes on […]
Do you ever think about the patriarchy and get your fists balled up a little? My past two reads, Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Bodies and Other Parties and Linda Holmes Flying Solo, couldn’t be more different in concept, but I’d say that both of them […]
Plant Kween, AKA Christopher Griffin, is easily one of my favorite plant personalities. They’re so joyful and warm and playful; their personality pops off the screen and instantly brightens up my Instagram feed with each post. Not only do they bring plant care back to […]
Hi, it’s been a long time since I’ve properly updated this blog (other than the Junji Ito blog post!) — I’ve been reading a ton of great books lately, and I think you should check them out. Outside of work, I’ve been taking things slow […]
Despite being a huge Junji Ito fan, I put off reading Tomie because I wasn’t quite sure if I’d like it. Would it just be a concrete block’s worth of gratuitous gendered violence and a tired femme fatale trope? (It’s a giant book.) After working […]