For the first time since the creation of this blog, I’ve failed to reach my goal of posting three times a week, and I apologize. I’ve had a tough time writing this week, so my other projects took more time and creative energy than usual, and I didn’t feel any motivation to blog. I’ll do […]
Multiple Partners: I Can’t Commit!
Sometimes, one is not enough. It feels impossible to commit. You become enamored of one, then get bored, and pick up another. That one is too intense, so you flirt with the first again. I’m speaking, of course, of books. Or, as I like to call them, “Multiple reading partners.”
The Glass Castle/ Half Broke Horses
I think I’ve mentioned a few times that I really enjoy memoirs. The two that I’ve profiled so far have been celebrity memoirs, but I also enjoy reading about average folk: hairdressers, unemployed Prada lovers, the formerly overweight. “Average,” though, hardly applies to the characters in Jeannette Walls’ memoir/novels, The Glass Castle and Half Broke […]
168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
I think the phrase “this book/movie/song changed my life” can be overused, but I have to apply it, at least lightly, to this book: I’m a person who likes to accomplish a lot every day. I have a full-time job, but I also write every day: I work on my novel, I journal, I blog, […]
Comfort Books
Some people have comfort food: chocolate chip cookies, macaroni and cheese, dark russet potato chips. When I get sad/ lonely/ depressed, or if I’m just in a darker place in my life, I turn to my comfort books. They’re the ones that I’ve been reading since childhood. They’re the ones that make me feel hopeful […]
Chick Lit and Then Came You
So far, I’ve given my thoughts on a novel, two showbiz memoirs, a mystery, a history, and a YA series. I want to keep mixing it up, so tonight I’m going to write about women’s fiction, specifically the latest novel by Jennifer Weiner called Then Came You.