I read five books in January with mixed results. Here are my thoughts: Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown Lots of good advice here on everything from cleaning to careers to catastrophes. Worth a […]
I love rainy days… but it can be tough to be productive, when you’d rather be curled up with a book and a cup of tea. On a recent a rainy day, I felt sleepy and unmotivated. I was already drinking coffee […]
This title is a little misleading because I don’t actually believe in writer’s block. Oh, the words don’t always flow from my pen like the rush of the rapids or even the trickle of a mountain stream. I just object to the […]
Less by Andrew Sean Greer Arthur Less is an interesting character, so accustomed to being a young man that he’s not sure quite what to make of turning 50. There are worse ways to avoid an awkward situation than taking a world […]
What’s your favorite movie about writers or writing? I’m watching End of the Tour about David Foster Wallace. I’m going to have to finally read Infinite Jest, aren’t I? I’m on pace to exceed my 52 books in 2018 reading goal, so […]
My July and August reads included six non-fiction and six fiction books. Three of them were re-reads, ten were hard copies and two were Kindle versions. If I had to choose just one to recommend, I would suggest Bad Blood. The topic […]
This is a picture of a fraction of my books on writing, but it really does represent a good cross-section of my collection. I think they’re a little something for everyone here. Some of them are older, but I linked them to […]
Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman I wasn’t terribly familiar with Omarosa. I was aware she had been on The Apprentice, but I had never seen the show, so this was my introduction. She came off pretty well in the account, as is […]
The Five Second Rule by Mel Robbins I expected this book to be gimmicky or like a blog post that had gone on far too long. I was pleasantly surprised. I picked 5 Second Rule after seeing Amy Landino interview Mel Robbins. […]
The Trespasser by Tana French One of the things I enjoy most about about Tana French’s books are the unpredictable twists and turns. For fans of mystery or thrillers there is a delicate balance between figuring out the puzzle and being baffled […]