I like to offer up a few of my favorite poems from poetry collections, rather than try to “review” them. I’ve just finished the wonderful Dog Songs, by Mary Oliver, and it’s a bit different from her other collections. She is so good at capturing the joy of quietly observing the natural world around us… Continue reading Dog Songs by Mary Oliver
The Week 10.4.15
Graham and I spent most of the week pup-sitting my friend Jon’s adorable Shiba Inu puppy, Hideki. It’s hard to do much else in the evening when instead you can watch this little cute ball of energy run around being adorable and funny: I put down all non-fiction I was reading – I didn’t feel like… Continue reading The Week 10.4.15
Polysyllabic Spree – September 2015
September is my favorite month, and it always flies by so quickly. I didn’t finish a lot in September, mainly due to powering through the rest of Anna Karenina and starting several books towards the end of the month that failed to hold my attention and got DNF’ed. But I read some quality books, and… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – September 2015
Just Kids by Patti Smith
This month I re-read (via the audiobook) Just Kids by Patti Smith. It moved me profoundly when I first read it in 2011, and I wanted to revisit it before her follow up memoir, M Train, is published next month. I didn’t write a review back when I first read it, so I thought I’d share… Continue reading Just Kids by Patti Smith
The Week 9.27.15
I’m reading a galley of Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter. It’s a follow up to her very wildly read Atlantic article Why Women Still Can’t Have it All, and it’s a treatise on feminism and women’s success in the workplace that follows a different argument than Lean In. It’s interesting, but I’m finding that I’m really craving… Continue reading The Week 9.27.15
31 (and a giveaway!)
As of 7:57pm this evening, I will have completed my 31st rotation around the sun. Last year, I shared 30 things I’ve learned in 30 years. This year I’ve decided to share the birthday fun by hosting a celebratory book giveaway. I’m giving one winner a book they like & and book I like: one book of… Continue reading 31 (and a giveaway!)
Looking at Mindfulness by Christophe André
I received a digital galley of Looking at Mindfulness: 25 Ways to Live in the Moment Through Art by Christophe André a few days before it was released. Then I saw it in print while I was browsing McNally Jackson and I knew I had to own it. It’s a simply designed but incredibly beautiful book: it’s… Continue reading Looking at Mindfulness by Christophe André
The Week 9.20.15
At long last, I have finished Anna Karenina! I enjoyed it very much, but the second half dragged a bit more than the first. I’m glad that I read it, and glad for all the other reading I can do now that it’s done. Now I’m trying to get a jump on some upcoming galleys,… Continue reading The Week 9.20.15
Words to live by: Robert Louis Stevenson
It’s been a little while since I’ve done a Words to live by post, but I recently found this Robert Louis Stevenson quote and it completely bewitched me. It evokes the spirit of true connection with our lives and the world around us. It conjures memories of travel and adventures and the anticipation of living as… Continue reading Words to live by: Robert Louis Stevenson
Top 10 Authors I Need to Read
It’s Freebie week for Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, so I decided to use it as an opportunity to write about something that’s been on my mind lately: authors whose work I’ve never read, but want/need to. Iconic authors who are glaring omissions in my “I’ve read that” lists. Toni Morrison… Continue reading Top 10 Authors I Need to Read
Gumption by Nick Offerman
I have very mixed feelings about Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers by Nick Offerman. I’ll start out by saying that I don’t think I would have gotten through it if I hadn’t been listening to the audiobook. His writing style is a little odd – he mixes humor and a very… Continue reading Gumption by Nick Offerman
The Week 9.13.15
(I’m playing around with a slightly new format for my weekly recap posts. Feedback is welcome, and appreciated!) I’ve been reading a lot of other books alongside Anne Karenina all summer, so it’s taking me forever to finish. But I’m in the home stretch – less than 100 pages, and am not starting another novel… Continue reading The Week 9.13.15