Lifestyle: In Practice

Dear Readers,  I have a goal this year to read about 30-40 books. I’m attending school full time, and soon starting a new career so I didn’t want a goal too hard to reach. Here is a list of books I’m hoping to get to in 2025, and the vibes they give off/what am I expecting out of these books.  Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros This is a reread. I’m expecting to like this book less this time around, but so far I’ve read about 100 pages and I’m still so invested in the story like it’

What does it mean to truly translate someone’s story? In this powerful reflection, Grace Sofia explores R.F. Kuang’s Babel and Valeria Luiselli’s Tell Me How It Ends, unpacking the violence, responsibility, and nuance behind language, storytelling, and interpretation. From magic to migration, this piece asks: how do we stay true to meaning when words are never neutral?

Dear Reader,  We are on the streets of Fifth Ave NYC at the start of this story, with ex-convict Stella Schmidt. She’s staring at the...

Dear Reader, So we start this sequel in a New York, Brooklyn in particular, apartment. Lina’s apartment. You remember Lina and Aaron from...

Dear Reader, Misha and Ryen are pen pals who have never met in person, despite living 30 minutes away from each other. Another thing...

Dear Reader, We’re going to hop around point of views for a bit as this story is told in three different perspectives, so keep up. We...