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Get Lit – Best of January 2026

January 27, 2026

Let’s start the new year off right! Books I have a 2000 page anthology of short stories that I intend to read this year. I enjoyed The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter (and hope to watch the adapted movie—trailer here). This was a haunting re-envisioning of Little Red Riding Hood. It forced me to consider the very … More Get Lit – Best of January 2026

Get Lit – Best of December 2025

December 28, 2025

Hello friends!I hope you are making the most of the final days of 2025 and that you reached your goals for health, professional growth, and personal fulfillment. Sometimes I forget that life is not a series of tasks to complete, but a process that creates meaning. I often find myself working from a sense of … More Get Lit – Best of December 2025

Get Lit – Best of November 2025

November 28, 2025

Greetings, friends! Books This month I finished the book The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara. This episode in history was new to me, and the book captured the time period and its complexities in a thrilling narrative. As Italy was in the throes of turmoil, slowly breaking from papal rule and coming under greater European influence (read: enlightenment), … More Get Lit – Best of November 2025

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