Reading List Update: August
As usual, life is moving at the speed of light and each month is over before I know it. I started reading The Fountainhead in August, but because of it’s length, I had to supplement with another...
View ArticleReading Update: September
I know, it’s almost halfway through October, but I picked some long books for 2014! Lesson learned: check the page count before committing to read 14 long ass books in one extremely busy year. Oh...
View ArticleReading List Update: October
Based on this post, you may have picked up on the subtle hint that I don’t have my shit together. Everyday is a battle of overcoming a mountain of anxiety, figuring out future finances, and trying to...
View ArticleReading List Update: November/December
Well, it’s 2015, and I’m sad to say I didn’t reach my goal of reading 14 books in 2014. However, I did read more in the past year than I had in previous years so I guess the challenge worked in a way....
View ArticleReading Update: Alias Grace
Since Becky didn’t manage to squeeze in all those great books during 2014, I decided to help her on the challenge. Alias Grace was the second Margaret Atwood book I read and it will not be the last....
View ArticleThe Language of Flowers
I joined a book club for 2015 so I am not creating a reading bucket list this year. That’s not to say I’ve given up my reading goals, but I just can’t predict all of the book selections to compile a...
View ArticleWanderlust
For February our book club selected Wanderlust: A Love Affair with Five Continents. I had a love/hate relationship with this book for several reasons, the first being that I am jealous of this...
View ArticleThe Glass Castle
I recently finished reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (I know, only seven years after everyone else). I loved to hate this book and how ridiculous their parents were, but I constantly had to...
View ArticleYes Please
Our next book club selection was Yes Please by none other than Amy Poehler. I read this book in a matter of days (impressive for my lack of reading time lately), a testament to the quality of this...
View ArticleLoving Frank
I’ve been sucking at reading lately, but I finally finished Loving Frank, a book that has been on my list for years now. As a design nerd, you learn about Frank Lloyd Wright quickly. I even grew up...
View ArticleGo Set A Watchman
Like any avid reader, I was so excited to get my hands on a copy of Harper Lee’s latest novel, Go Set A Watchman when it was released earlier this year. This book picks up from To Kill A Mockingbird,...
View ArticleMemoirs of a Geisha
After seeing the film version of Memoirs of a Geisha, prior to reading the novel, I wasn’t convinced of the hype. I admit, I was a naive high schooler when this film came out and it was beyond my level...
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