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Long time coming
It’s been a long time coming, and this post is probably just for my own sense of closure, but still - it’s time for me to say goodbye to this journal & book blog ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes you just need a feel-good read
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
One single mother
Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act. You’re trying to keep your family afloat, with two jobs and two children. You’ve always been an optimist, but it isn’t easy. That’s Jess Thomas’s life in a nutshell, and it’s about to get a whole lot more complicated.
One ( Read more... ) -
What if
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
“Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.” So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls’s no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town-riding five hundred ( Read more... ) -
New year, old books
Cooked by Michael Pollan
In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements-fire, water, air, and earth-to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession of culinary masters, ( Read more... ) -
Wow, I read a lot before grad school
All right, I have been terrible. Grad school really takes the wind out of extracurricular activities, or in my case, those outside of sleeping, eating, and sightseeing (in order of priorities). My sincere apologies.
Before it becomes 2016, here are my favorites from last year, with a “high school yearbook” flair.
1. Best road trip I wish I ( Read more... ) -
Literary London
Jeez, it has been a minute since I last posted a review. I never expected it to be this bad. But starting grad school was more overwhelming than I thought (well, it still is) but now I think I can breathe a little and actually take a minute or two to relax and take in my new surroundings ( Read more... ) -
Why cook at all?
Cooked by Michael Pollan
In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements-fire, water, air, and earth-to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession of culinary masters, ( Read more... ) -
10 books that have stayed with me
1. Pride and Prejudice - I read my first Jane Austen on a camping trip when I was sixteen. Instead of enjoying the outdoors, I spent most of it glued to the book and I’ve never looked back.
2. Lord of the Rings - I don’t think I can actually re-read this; the writing seems so slow and stodgy to me now. But, it will always be my introduction to the ( Read more... ) -
I must be dreaming
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (Spoilers for The Raven Boys!)
If you could steal things from dreams, what would you take?
Ronan Lynch has secrets. Some he keeps from others. Some he keeps from himself.
One secret: Ronan can bring things out of his dreams.
And sometimes he’s not the only one who wants those things.
Ronan is one of ( Read more... )
