Claire Diaz-Ortiz

1 week ago | clairediazortiz.substack.com | Claire Diaz-Ortiz

Like this post? Please give her a little heart!TLDR: The world is crazy, and I am reading. So far this year, I’ve started 32 books. As a reminder, I read about 100 books a year, but I start a lot more of them. (See this post to understand why only martyrs finish all their books!)In 2024, for example, I started 137 books. Of the ones I did finish, some were truly golden. See these round-ups of my 2024 faves here and here.

3 weeks ago | clairediazortiz.substack.com | Claire Diaz-Ortiz

Do you like this post? Click the heart button to send me a virtual sprinkle!Last year, my pal Kirsten wrote an article about what was wrong with the United States and why she was moving to Italy. She wrote it, and then she did it. She has a visa. There are pictures. She is not the only one. Lots of people move to Italy. Like Frances Mayes, author of a book about Italy that sold a copy or two.

2 months ago | clairediazortiz.substack.com | Anne Byrn |Claire Diaz-Ortiz |Anne Helen Petersen |Lucy Werner

It’s a President’s Day Sale! Get 30% off an your annual subscription by upgrading now. Click to see all the great content that comes when you do;) From time to time I’ve written posts about Substack itself, for which some of you have liked and said RAH RAH THANKS CLAIRE.

2 months ago | clairediazortiz.substack.com | Claire Diaz-Ortiz |George Saunders

If you like this post, please give her a little heart!It’s a new year, and a new year brings a new shiny page to start writing down the books I’m reading. (I’m on #8, so far.)But first, a recap of 2024. Background: I read a lot. (See: how I read 100 books a year.) In 2024, I started 137 books. I didn’t finish about 15-20% of them, because good people shouldn’t have to read bad books.

Dec 14, 2024 | clairediazortiz.substack.com | Claire Diaz-Ortiz

If you like this post, give her a little heart;)Hello!It’s … December?!Yes, yes, the year has ended and we are shocked and it feels like … March? Down here in Argentina, December also means the end of the school year (the teacher meetings! the school presentations! the graduations! the pool parties!), which all in all provides for some high octane weeks that this mum needs a nap from.