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Why Read? The Point of Reading, Buying, and Borrowing Books

Partially inspired by a Bookstagram controversy

by Shannon Whitehead Smith

March 28, 2025 ∙ 8 min read

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February Edit: Tokyo Takeaways and Just A Little Bit More

by Shannon Whitehead Smith

January Edit: Cutting Scope, Brain Hacking, and Using Good Music to Cope

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I Read 66 Books in 2024—Here Are My Top 10

Hello, and happy New Year's Eve! I plum refused to put this post out until I'd read every book I could possibly read. I left myself with what I thought would be a gargantuan task today: narrowing down my favorite books I read this year when...

by Shannon Whitehead Smith

12 Nonfiction Book Recs in Honor of Nonfiction November

As Nonfiction November comes to a close, I thought, "Better late than never!" to share a list of some of the best nonfiction books I've read. Nonfiction books are great if you want to... * Understand someone's circumstances or experiences that are different from your...

by Shannon Whitehead Smith