I know I said almost this exact thing last month, but June felt especially dark (thanks so much, idiotic Supreme Court justices!!), so I turned to my handy-dandy bookshelf and immersed myself in fake worlds instead of having to face an ever-terrifying real world. Basically, as soon as I finished a book, I started another
This month felt particularly bleak from a societal stand point, so, toward the end of the month, a lot of the books that were sitting on my TBR list got left there as I turned toward books that seemed more comforting and engaging (or toward mindless scrolling on TikTok). Still, I read a number of
I feel like I never need to tell anyone ever again that I can’t stick to a genre — I can just show them this picture! Mystery? Check. Contemporary romance? Check. Mysterious contemporary romance? Check. And then throw in some high fantasy, historical fiction, YA verse prose, magical realism — and unhinged women doing psychotic
This was supposed to be a productive reading month. And then I had to finish a giant chunk of my ghostwriting project. And then my mom had hip surgery. And then TikTok finally gave me the ability to put my favorites into folders (yes, I did spend weeks organizing all 10,000 videos I had saved
This month was a productive but messy one, because I made two big mistakes: I joined NetGalley and started requesting ARCs like crazy, thinking I’d get approved for maybe one or two (not nine million); and I finally got a library card (which I can use with my Kindle account), and all my loan requests
Last year, I decided I would go big with my reading goal for the year: 65 books. I’m pretty sure I reached it by August. So, this year, I decided to go even bigger: 100 books. I’d say I’m off to a pretty good start with the 13 books I read this month. I finally
Asha Thomas isn’t one to shy away from a big play with a whole lot on the line. So, when the Cal women’s basketball team needed someone to come up clutch against Stanford, she was ready. With time about to expire, Thomas drove to the basket, drawing hard contact along the way. Her high-arching lay-up hit the
In the first half of Wednesday’s basketball game, the Bears led the Sun Devils by as many as 14 points. But then Cal turned around and lost the game by that same amount: 80-66. Strange things were happening in Berkeley in the first half. The Bears started off with one of the best halves of
So apparently defense can’t win championships — all on its own. In a game that threatened to have more turnovers than points, it was Cal who walked out of Chase Field with the 10-7 loss, despite its defense being stingy in points for the entirety of the game. The Bears gave up just 28 passing
Missed opportunities — lots and lots of missed opportunities. Cal had its chances in Saturday’s Big Game, but the Bears were never able to capitalize on offense, and the team lost its ninth-straight game to Stanford, 23-13. The Bears had plenty of heart and plenty of defense, but, for the first time in several games,
Ashtyn Davis had special dispensation earlier this year from the Cal coaches to miss the team’s Spring Game. A redshirt junior safety on the football team, as well as one of the top collegiate hurdlers in the nation, Davis worked out a schedule with the football coaches that would allow him to compete in a track
Cal, with currently has a 5-4 record, could easily be 8-1 or 7-2 this season — if not for the Bears’ two-quarterback situation. Just look at what happened last night. With about six minutes left on the clock and the team on Washington State’s 12-yard line (after a long drive that started at the Cal
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