The Lit List
Steph Halchinunsolicited musings on books, reading, and adjacent culture
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do tradwives make us feel better about ourselves or is it just delusion?
I rarely do stand-alone posts about books on substack, but upcoming Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke has really captured my attention. My fascination has little to do with the quality or my enjoyment of the novel (which was high) and is inst...
everything I read in february
I had a good reading month! Five books in one month is significant for me these days, and I felt like they were all valuable reads, too. This month was heavy on the new releases and galleys, though, so I’m prioritizing a few backlist reads...
everything i read in january
This is my first consumption diary in a while! I decided to stop in the last one-fourth of 2025 simply because I wasn’t feeling it. Maybe this newsletter is nearing the end of its life, but maybe I just need to try harder, so that’s why I’m...
books that did something for me in 2025
i couldn’t let the year end without contributing a drop in the sea of 2025 favorites posts, but my reading feels too subjective and not deep enough for a “best” list and i hate choosing favorites. so here’s my submission: books that did som...
notes from sag season
i’m not reading much these days. i’m not being very active online as a result, which is just fine by me. i’ve never been someone nostalgic for the time before smartphones because i’ve never felt held hostage by the internet, but i do hold i...
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