Sinoun's Reading List
Why am I doing this?
Because it’s fun! 🤓
I’m an avid reader, and I thought it would be refreshing to be a bit more personal. Here are some readings I find worth sharing.
Links are shared and updated weekly (or so) in my email signature. I’ll always drop the link here to have an archive of all the links I share.
If you feel inclined, please reach out and let me know your thoughts!
Monstress (Book 2)
by Marjorie Liu (Author), Sana Takeda (Illustrator)
Just finished Book Two and can’t wait to get started on Book Three. Each volume is about 500 pages of viscerally dark beauty. Monstress is hands down the most stunning and epic graphic novel I’ve ever read. The storytelling, art, and characters are extraordinary. If you wanna immerse yourself in a dangerous and terrifying steampunk world with badass (and sometimes sexy) characters, pick this one up. You’ll find yourself in a world full of hauntingly magical, violently fantastical, matriarchal, and queer themes. The author and illustrator are both incredibly talented women and I would totally fangirl if I met them. These gorgeous, hardcover books should be in every bibliophile’s collection. 10/10.
Permission To Feel
by Marc Brackett
Recent life events have led me to take a much closer look at my inner life. It was inevitable that I stumbled upon an interview with Marc on Andrew Huberman’s podcast. In the book, Marc provides a very simple and accessible blueprint for cultivating emotional intelligence (and maturity). The framework is currently adopted by thousands of schools worldwide. Imagine living in a world where everyone gets an emotional education at a young age. That is what Marc sets out to do, and I believe it’s one of the most important missions of our time. Most of us were not taught how to understand our emotions and use them wisely. Becoming an “emotional scientist” for ourselves is perhaps one of the best ways we can contribute to society and to the community.
The Darkness Manifesto: Our Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life
by Johan Eklöf
Just finished this for book club and it was an eye-opening read. Eklöf’s writing is poetic, even though he’s informing us about the atrocities of how light pollution impacts the well-being of humans, animals, and environments. Our obsession with lighting up the night will one day need to be better controlled, and the good news is that light pollution is reversible.
The Cult of Busyness
by Tamara with Museguided on Substack
For years, I found the phrase “I’ve been busy!” cringy and worthy of eye rolls. I’ve been guilty of using this phrase often in the past, but once my awareness kicked in and the goals of being “busy” no longer resonated with me, it’s impossible to unsee the mindset driving it. The new perspective forced me to be less of a slave to my calendar and more intentional about how I live.