My favorite book as a child
Judy BlumesIt’s Not the End of the World.
My mother conveniently gave me that book a couple of months before she left my father.
Judy Blume humanizes this family and you just feel for everybody.

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The first one was definitely Judy Blume.
And when I was a kid I loved Julie Edwards, who was actually Julie Andrews.
But she had a couple of books for kids that I also loved, one was calledMandy.

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Also Jo March inLittle Women, definitely.
Virginia WoolfsTo the LighthouseandMrs.
And also the BBC long version ofPride and Prejudicewith Colin Firth.
The classic novel that I never read
Crime and Punishment.
I just bought it again, its like the 18th time Ive bought it.
I need to read it.
My favorite TV show that Im currently watching
Fleabag, of course,Fleabag.
Theres nothing else for me butFleabag.
And I had written my draft when I read that.
The last movie I watched
Pain and Glory.
My pop culture cure for writers block
I start reading.
And I read actively.
Its a great way to replenish.