Parenting teens | Book ❤️ | Freelance writer | Social justice | In Parents, RealSimple, People, WaPo, What to Expect, CareDotcom (etc) + 12 anthologies | http://kimbongiornowrites.com | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/thekimbongiornohttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3mb56lkzwkk2rThem: How are you wearing just a hoodie right now? Me: The snow is snowing The wind is blowing But I can weather the storm. What do I care How much it may storm? I've got menopause to keep me warm.29 Dec 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb56lkzwkk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3maobrscx2k25When a family member suggests another gift idea that requires you to leave the house again, barking out I AM TOO FUCKING EXHAUSTED FROM BEING ALL OF THE CHRISTMAS MAGIC NO I JUST CANNOT NOTHING ELSE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO is apparently not the answer they expect.23 Dec 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3maobrscx2k25https://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3m7j564cdd22mA panic room but it's just the empty closet shelf where I normally hide all the Christmas presents I should have bought by now.08 Dec 2025 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7j564cdd22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3m6fpugvtik2fAnd so begins the annual countdown during which my husband buys himself every single thing his loved ones were planning on surprising him with for Christmas.24 Nov 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fpugvtik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3m4lbl2rcnk2eDear New Jersey, Please please please Mickie Sherrill for Governor. Whether it’s a vote FOR her or AGAINST Ciattarelli, cast it to keep NJ at the top in public education & protections for civil & human rights. This race is too close to skip. Please. PS Vote this weekend: https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-early-voting.shtml01 Nov 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4lbl2rcnk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3m3tbcgb3vs2xAte a delicious vegetarian dinner* tonight. * entire loaf of pumpkin bread23 Oct 2025 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3tbcgb3vs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3m3druupavk23In a world where you can be anything, be kind of obsessively informed on every candidate up and down your ballot this election — including (especially?) those school board seats.16 Oct 2025 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3druupavk23https://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3m3dbcoodz22fThink book club will appreciate me dressing on theme for the meeting tonight?16 Oct 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dbcoodz22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3m25ngyncgc2jIf you have a produce budget of $112 and like swearing while pulling a wagon as your kids keep screaming about bees, apple picking is fun.01 Oct 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25ngyncgc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lydy6z54ys2lYou know who’s honest? The human neck. You can lie about your age all you want, but your neck will always be sitting there right under your mouth like a fleshy polygraph test.08 Sep 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydy6z54ys2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lw7qpkjejc2iFavorite book with a baseball player or coach in it? (MLB, minors or college ⚾️) Ideally fiction with a romance, but open to all recommendations and welcome BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ voices. Thx!12 Aug 2025 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7qpkjejc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lvf4mb5j5k2aWhat I read in July and recommend. Questions? Suggestions? What did you read last month and love? I’m all ears. My reviews: https://bookshop.org/lists/books-read-in-2025-kim-bongiorno-reads02 Aug 2025 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvf4mb5j5k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lv44olvamc2hMake your local pharmacy team sadangry today by asking if there is perchance any news on fall COVID vaccines. (My bad! I forgot the current hellscape for a second!)29 Jul 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv44olvamc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lufi3uxw5s2aYesterday at a restaurant the server asked, “Four adults?” I looked at my two babies who I swear I only JUST gave birth to and said for the very first time, “Yes.” WHICH IS LUNACY. I mean, they are 18 and 20 now so technically they’re adults, but whaaaaaaat the butt. That happened way too quickly.20 Jul 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufi3uxw5s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3ltnncpxh3k2yFREE SHIPPING on Bookshop through 7/11! I curate very specific (and inclusive) lists of books I've read over the past 5 years to help you find a good fit: https://bookshop.org/shop/kimbongiornoreads11 Jul 2025 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltnncpxh3k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lszrhmlrok2nWhat he said: My god. Do you really need more books? What I heard: a) He reveres me like a god b) He's concerned I do not have enough books03 Jul 2025 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lszrhmlrok2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lsmi6docys2tIs this headache from the weather or menopause or the fall of democracy or dehydration or the systematic chipping away of human and civil rights or not enough sleep or too much coffee or cataclysmic decisions by an openly biased and unrepresentative SCOTUS or a need to stretch more or27 Jun 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsmi6docys2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lry4gmymp22tFellow white folks: Commemorate Juneteenth by donating your time and resources to support local community celebrations of freedom near you, alleviating the labor and expense to Black folks.19 Jun 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lry4gmymp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lrnvob2nzs2oHappy Pride Month to all of my fellow straights who are not only supporting and celebrating the joy of that community but also understanding that their lives and liberties are increasingly at risk with the current administration so are doing the work locally and nationally to help fight/fix that.15 Jun 2025 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrnvob2nzs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lrl36glr3s2jIf someone asks why, we can point them to this list (and the one from his first term): Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes https://www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/lest-we-forget-the-horrors-an-unending-catalog-of-trumps-cruelties-collusions-corruptions-and-crimes14 Jun 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrl36glr3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lr4azvott222What I read in May and recommend. Questions? Suggestions? What did you read last month and love? I’m all ears. My reviews of them (all positive): https://bookshop.org/lists/books-read-in-2025-kim-bongiorno-reads08 Jun 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr4azvott222https://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lpwyy65ky22kWait. You actually expect me to watch my language? In THIS fucking timeline???24 May 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwyy65ky22khttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lprr4jskac2sThis. Is. Fucking. Bonkers. If you value freedom, education and/or democracy, this should be VERY concerning to you.22 May 2025 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprr4jskac2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lpolzynwns2kOops my son’s home from college and I forgot that he eats at least one entire family-sized box of cereal every single day in between meals. Off to the grocery store again. And again. And again.21 May 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpolzynwns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lpmc4b2gks2rSLIPSTREAM by Madge Maril knocked my socks off. Get it: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Slipstream/Madge-Maril/9781668098776 For fans of: - 5⭐️ Sports romance (F1) - Quirky humor - MORBIDLY YOURS Ivy Fairbanks - THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS Ali Hazelwood - THE LOVE HATERS Katherine Center Trust me on this, ok? Get. It.20 May 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmc4b2gks2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lpmawy7bys2hNOT SAFE FOR WORK by @nishajtwrites.bsky.social absolutely knocked it out of the park. Love contemporary romance? Get it: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/nisha-j-tuli/not-safe-for-work/9781538759271/ My raving 5⭐️ review is on Goodreads, if you need that to persuade you even more. GO GO GOOOOOO20 May 2025 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmawy7bys2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lpmagwjj7k2oIt’s time to call our reps again, telling them to vote NO on behalf of their constituents for this bill. It’ll hurt the hungry, lower-income folks, seniors, people who need accessible health care, public schools and more. Use their link for what number to call to find your reps right now. Thank you! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2025 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmagwjj7k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thekimbongiorno.bsky.social/post/3lpbwuc75ks27The nourishing power of my monthly book club meetings recharges my battery in a way pretty much nothing else can. Highly recommend. 5/5 stars.16 May 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:oolzdm4ikd3ktea52c22so5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpbwuc75ks27