Tuesday reading 💗 solo dates, functional spices, and $200 candles

A light breakfast of links for your Tuesday morning.

Sara Hildreth

shares her TBR management system, which I love, especially after I decided to delete my online reading tracker (

FictionMatters Newsletter

)

5 functional spices to incorporate into your weekly meal plan (The Good Trade)

Ali Griffin Vingiano

writes about how a dog sitter burned her $200 Diptyque candle and what she learned about the differences between intention and action (

Little Things

)

If you’re craving a little football fiction after the Super Bowl, here’s a list you might like (NPR)

A few mid-week reminders from

Dia Becker

(

Broke But Moisturized

)

Don’t have a Valentine? Here are 99 solo date ideas to inspire self-love this Valentine’s day (The Good Trade)

Here’s how

Pandora Sykes

answers the age-old question: “but how do you read so much???”

Love this interview about

Grace Atwood

‘s art collection (

Touch the Art

)

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End matter:

Here are three Substack publications I’ve been loving recently:

• Continental Breakfast
  (honest, endearing travel reviews)

• CondimentClaire
  (weekly deep dives into a new flavor or food)

• Sean of the South
  (short & sweet vignettes about life in the modern south)