Thank you for sharing your recommendations - I've updated my Goodreads with several of them! Here's a few things that brought me joy this year:
BOOKS
You Might Feel a Little Pressure: Finding Wonder After Miscarriage - Memoir by Mary Adkins
Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change - Book by Maggie Smith (you!)
It All Makes Sense Now: Embrace Your ADHD Brain to Live a Creative and Colorful Life - Book by Meredith Carder
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Novel by Gail Honeyman
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Children's Fiction by J.K. Rowling (As a self-proclaimed movie Potterhead, I finally got around to reading this)
Growing Home - Children's Fiction by Beth Ferry (Read with my 8-year-old son, and it captivated both of us)
The ACOTAR series (A Court of Thorn and Roses) - Romantasy Novels by Sarah J. Maas
Thank you for sharing your recommendations - I've updated my Goodreads with several of them! Here's a few things that brought me joy this year:
BOOKS
You Might Feel a Little Pressure: Finding Wonder After Miscarriage - Memoir by Mary Adkins
Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change - Book by Maggie Smith (you!)
It All Makes Sense Now: Embrace Your ADHD Brain to Live a Creative and Colorful Life - Book by Meredith Carder
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Novel by Gail Honeyman
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Children's Fiction by J.K. Rowling (As a self-proclaimed movie Potterhead, I finally got around to reading this)
Growing Home - Children's Fiction by Beth Ferry (Read with my 8-year-old son, and it captivated both of us)
The ACOTAR series (A Court of Thorn and Roses) - Romantasy Novels by Sarah J. Maas
THEATRE
2025 Tony-Awarding Winning Sunset Blvd. Revival with Nicole Scherzinger (I wrote a full review of this here: https://lizfiorino.substack.com/p/bonus-post-adhd-and-writing-whatever)
Hamilton - Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (hoping to make it to NYC to see Tom Felton in his role as Draco Malfoy)
ART
Anna Sokol Fine Art / Instagram @annasokolfineart (everything she makes, makes me smile)
Arielle Komie / Instagram @ariellekomieart
Myron Dovganych / Instagram @myron_dovganych_art
Laurent Schwarz / Instagram @laurents.art (a 4-year-old who creates beautiful abstracts)
Thank you for this! (And Anna is a friend, so it makes me especially happy to see her art listed here. I love how small the world is.)