No Daisy Dalrymples in this one: she'll get her own post tomorrow.

( Return of the Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett )

The World According to Mr. Rogers, by Fred Rogers ( Read more... )

Awhile back I got really into French fashion just before the Revolution and how it impacted the cultural life of the court. I found this particular book through a Tumblr post and the magic of ILLs, and it was quite worth it ( Read more... )

David and Goliath is the latest in Malcolm Gladwell's series of books on how we understand and exploit the world. This particular one is on the nature of success and how we misinterpret the idea of underdogs, and it's... fine ( Read more... )

This is a short little book, more like an essay, adapted from Adichie's TED talk of the same name, and I gotta say, it is so very much worth the read. It's short enough that you can get through it in a couple of hours, and the message is so important. Adichie discusses institutionalized sexism against women across the world, from the overt "stay in ( Read more... )

For the record, I do absolutely believe in ghosts. I just wanna put that out there ( Read more... )

I don't know how I feel about this book.
( talk of rape and abuse )

Daily Happiness ( Read more... )