Today I’m sharing a “book haul”… but make it slow-living and (very) realistic: I shopped my own bookshelves. I picked five books I already own because I’m absolutely the kind of person who will book hoard—buy something shiny and new, then let older books disappear into the corners and crevices. This video is basically my accountability check (and hopefully yours too) to actually read what we already have. The stack is a little snapshot of my brain: nature-forward nonfiction that pairs perfectly with slow living (The Serviceberry), art-and-creativity nonfiction for when I’m in a big creative flow (Get the Picture), and a poetry collection I keep meaning to pick up because I’m genuinely a poetry nerd (The Best American Poetry 2025). Then I pivot into fiction with a horror slasher set at a tech-free wellness retreat (Breathe In, Bleed Out—yes, it hits all my favorite elements), and a literary, slightly eerie art-world novel with major cover-appeal (Sirens & Muses). If you’re trying to reset your reading habits, this is your sign to “shop” your own shelves and start with the short books you can actually finish.