19: halfway top ten + curly girl + impact vs. intent

This is episode 19 and I’m sharing my halfway top ten books, some tips and tricks from the curly girl method I’m trying on my hair lately, and some evolving thoughts on impact vs. intent.

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SHOW NOTES:

• The Scent Keeper: It reminded me a little of Crawdads, mixed with a bit of The Great Alone... // review here
• The Book of Longings: Would it be sacrilegious? Would it feel inappropriate? Would it be bizarre? // review here
• A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live: Spent my early morning being inspired and soothed and comforted // review here
• So You Want to Talk about Race: It’s an essential read, and a reference I’ll return to again and again as I keep learning and growing // review here
• Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy: I brought this book to several counseling sessions to talk about it more // review here
• The Friend Zone: I grabbed it at Target before spending 2 hours at the tire shop for my car, and I almost wanted them to take longer so I could finish it in one sitting??? // review here
• A Court of Mist and Fury: I didn’t know how it could after the first was amazing BUT THEN I READ IT AND HOT DAMN YOU ALL WERE RIGHT // review here
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: I left this one unread on my shelf for too long, afraid of what it would open my eyes to and what injustices it would expose // review here
• Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom: I am better for having read her words from her heart and her thoughtful and thought-provoking work // review here
• The Vanishing Half: So good, that it inspired me to start a new thing on tiktok sharing mini book reviews?!??? // review here
• My curly girl highlight (with the process for how i plop my hair)
• “Praying” by Mary Oliver — from this book
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram