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I wasn't very familiar with Ram Dass before reading this. For my brother's sake, I'm glad I read it, but some of Dass's comments seem just plain wrong (becoming so spiritually advanced that you don't have to eat anymore and can just subsist on light?!). I most enjoyed reading about Dass's journey into spirituality. The alternative living tips at the end didn't interest me so much. Oh, and the art was wonderful!

A light return to Woolf after 10+ years away.

Another stellar anthology from Smut Peddler.

Wow! Now I want to be a tea monk, biking thru villages, bringing tea and succor to upset villagers. This book was a very charming, comforting read (as Becky Chambers's stories so often are!). This might be one of my favourite new reads of the year.
I look forward to Book 2!

A funny romance! It was nice to read something not SFF.

This was a nice quiet read. I actually wish it were more in-depth about Buddhist practices specifically so maybe I should've chosen a different Hanh book to start with.

An excellent survey of Japanese travel literature. I found if I tried to read it all in one go, it got a little dry. So I put it down for awhile then came back to it. This worked pretty well as the writing felt fresh again upon each return.
As someone who is fascinated by haiku, it was fantastic to trace the roots of this poetic form through history.

I read this in one sitting! This is a great accessible read for beginner gardeners! It's also a charming comic about intergenerational friendship. Also, you don't need to be growing vegetables to be reading this. It's still got useful general advice too.

I really enjoyed this! I got to learn about hawks and T.H. White. ALSO, I had NO IDEA T.H. White was gay. Total revelation to me as a queer person.

Anyway, I recommend this for anyone who wants to read about birds, grief, or learn a bunch of stuff about White.

I am so looking forward to trying out this game with my dnd group. This looks like a charming, fun, wholesome, cute adventure. I can't wait!

A delightful romp and behind-the-scenes look at Death's job.

2019: I loved this comic! It was a great explanation of the backstory of the Gita. This was so much fun. If you want an easily accessible way to understand the basics of the background of the Gita, read this!

2021: This was a delight to return to. I have lent it to my brother who is starting to get into Eastern philosophy.

A supernatural tale about the life of Siddhartha the prince becoming the Buddha. Siddhartha-the-character felt a little over-powered, but it was still a fun story to read. Because the story was so fantastic, it was rather difficult for me as a beginner to understand what is considered a historical fact of his life vs something Chopra may have invented. Even with that struggle, I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to a fellow beginner.... but I would recommend more research afterward!