Quote of the week:
“Learn everything. Fill your mind with knowledge–it’s the only kind of power no one can take away from you.” –Min Jin Lee, Pachinko
What I’m reading:
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper (finished it this week)
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells (truly terrifying)
What I’m listening to:
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
What I’m watching:
- “Immigration Nation” (Netflix) — finished this; highly recommend
- “Love Life” (HBO Max) — so good
- “Unsolved Mysteries” (Netflix) — I just finished the UFO episode. Whoa
Writing news:
- Just a few weeks until All the Acorns on the Forest Floor comes out
- Deal alert! You can buy Tiny on Kindle for just $0.99 right now
- I’m working on an epilogue that will be added to the re-release of People Who Knew Me this fall
- All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss will be out on March 23. Follow us @allthelovetalk on Twitter and Instagram
- I just got edits back on novel #5–it releases next summer. Details coming soon!

What I’m talking about:
Not much. I’ve kind of shut down this week–not in a bad way, but a necessary way. The world is overwhelming right now. This heat wave in California led me to start reading a book on climate change that is like a horror movie. I’ve also been super busy with my full-time job. My brain is tired.

What I’m grateful for:
Running. I know I’ve expressed gratitude for this before, but it’s so important to me, especially during these crazy times. I braved the humidity this morning to enjoy a beautiful sunrise.
