One of my goals for 2015 is to blog more often, and so I’ve decided to jump on board the Sunday Weekly Recap train. I’ll post (most) every week with updates on life, books, travel dreams, links to stuff I enjoyed this week, etc. I’ve decided to name this weekly post “Sunday Night Lunch” in… Continue reading Sunday Night Lunch
Cards for your Bookworm Valentine
I like a low key Valentine’s Day. I don’t like to mess with the overcrowded NYC restaurants and hard to book reservations, it’s a lot of fuss for a day when all you want is to hang out with the person that you most adore. I think a nice card, maybe some flowers, a Seamless… Continue reading Cards for your Bookworm Valentine
Bookshops and Libraries Around the World
There are so many beautiful homes for books around the world. And there’s no shortage of articles compiling amazing photos of them, inspiring wanderlust in even the most home-bodied of book lovers. Here’s 62 of the world’s most beautiful libraries compiled by Mental Floss. Here are the 16 bookstores you must visit before you die, according to… Continue reading Bookshops and Libraries Around the World
Letters of Note by Shaun Usher
My health insurance incentivizes preventative care – they sent me a $20 Amazon gift card for getting a flu shot. Strange, but ok! I put it towards buying Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience, compiled by Shaun Usher. It had been on my wish list most of the year, and… Continue reading Letters of Note by Shaun Usher
2014 Books and Reading Recap
It’s time once again for one my favorite annual post – my yearly books and reading recap. This is the post where I tally up all sorts of nerdy reading stats, discover how diverse my reading selections were, and attempt to decide what books were my favorite this year. My previous Books and Reading recaps: 2013 2012… Continue reading 2014 Books and Reading Recap
2014 In Review & Photos
2014 has been pretty wonderful to me. At the beginning of the year, I shared the news that I was quitting my job and traveling around the world. I planned to travel for 4 months and then settle back down. I ended up meeting an incredible English guy in Australia and extending my travel the… Continue reading 2014 In Review & Photos
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
In the introduction to Tiny Beautiful Things, Steve Almond says that this book will “endure as a piece of literary art, as will Cheryl’s other books, because they do the essential work of literary art: they make us more human than we were before.” That’s really all you need to know about this book: It will… Continue reading Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
Earlier this summer while road tripping around the US, I read The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. I kept seeing piles of copies of it in bookstores, displayed on tables and prominently promoted. But it looked a little too “fluffy” for me – I was totally judging a book by its cover and title. Then… Continue reading The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every year, about the time when fall starts getting very chilly and threatens to turn into winter, I get the urge to tackle a big classic novel. I don’t always give into it. Often when I do it’s a Dickens novel. Last year it was Moby Dick. This year the urge hit, and to my… Continue reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Happy Christmas!
Happy Christmas, friends! I hope your holiday is filled with love and happy moments. And books. G and I are having a cozy little Christmas in Brooklyn. We got each other a few small things to unwrap, and filled our stockings with a few treats, but it’s been a very non-commerical Christmas. It’s been so… Continue reading Happy Christmas!
Death Valley National Park
After a short but excellent visit to L.A. (my friend Michael was a very gracious host and wonderful tour guide) we got back on the road to spend a few nights in Las Vegas. We decided to take a slight (actually, major) detour along the way – we wanted to drive through Death Valley. Graham wanted… Continue reading Death Valley National Park
The Journey Home by Edward Abbey
After packing up and driving out of Arches National Park, we stopped in Moab, Utah for a bite to eat at the Moab Diner and a quick browse through Back of Beyond Books. It’s a gem of a little bookshop. It has new and used books of all types, but especially focuses on nature, wildlife, adventure stories,… Continue reading The Journey Home by Edward Abbey