book report – 27 oct 2015
Been a while since my last book update. My trip to France put everything else on hold, and I’m now slowly getting back into the rhythm of ordering books from the library and reading them …. In the past couple of weeks, I finished two books. One I bought in the airport in Paris to
book report – 22 sep 2015
This week, I read a little more. It’s been a bit crazy with a big upcoming deadline at work, taking care of everything around the house while Rob has been gone and managing everything else. I have barely had time to breathe, yet alone read. I did manage to get in enough reading time to
book report – 8 sep 2015
This week, I kept reading the same books. I’ve been spending my “extra” time exercising, but maybe I will find more time for reading soon. I finally finished The China Study by T. Colin Campbell. In the end, the author really started to annoy me. I am still slowly making my way through The College
book report – 1 sep 2015
This week, I kept reading the same books. I’ve been spending my “extra” time exercising, but maybe I will find more time for reading soon. I continued reading The China Study by T. Colin Campbell. I’m actually skimming at this point. I can’t give up, but I just can’t spend too much time on it.
book report – 25 aug 2015
This week, I finished yet another book! Despite being sick, or maybe because of, I had some time to read this past week. I finished Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics by Gary Smith. While I enjoyed parts of it, I got a bit twisted around so that
book report – 18 aug 2015
This week, I finished yet another book! Thankfully, I’m finding even a few more moments here and there to read once again. I finished Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola. I wasn’t sure if I’d like it, but I ended up really enjoying it and her honesty about the things
book report – 11 aug 2015
This week, I finally finished a book! While I still spent much of the week finishing up the spring cleaning project, I’m finding a few more moments here and there to read once again. I finally finished The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland by Pete McCarthy. I didn’t love it,
book report – 4 aug 2015
This week, I didn’t finish a single book. In fact, I barely read anything other than my magazines. I spent my time getting rid of books (and lots of other stuff) instead. We spent a lot of time cleaning, organizing, decluttering. And getting ready for school to start. Which it did yesterday. Maybe now I’ll
book report for 28 jul 2015
This week, I finished two books. I started and finished a book I found on our condo bookshelf, A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice. I thoroughly enjoyed this “coming-of-age” novel set in New Orleans. I finished up the library book from last week that I wasn’t enjoying, Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story
book report for 21 jul 2015
Last week, I wrote a little bit about what I was currently reading and how I keep a list of completed books on Goodreads. I also keep one here on my blog. But my list changes. And here’s what is currently at the top. This week, I finished three books. The first, Better Than Before:
currently reading.
Looking at the stack of books I brought with me from home and the books I’ve bought since we arrived reminded me of this post I wrote over five years ago about my changing book habits. Like then, I’m still reading a mix of books the kids bring home, books on topics that interest me,
better than before.
After getting so frustrated reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo, I moved on to Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin. Ah, that feels so much better. I appreciate her breakdown of different personalities and types. Whenever I
tidying up.
As everyone’s been discussing and praising the KonMari method, I wanted to find out what the fuss was all about, so I requested The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo from the library. Given its popularity, it took a while to arrive…just in time for us
overwhelmed
If you’ve been following along with my Happiness Project, which I restarted again almost a year ago, the main focus for this year (though it wasn’t at first) is to SIMPLIFY and PREPARE. As I’ve discussed before, I have had a decade or more of feeling as though “I don’t have time for this!” whatever
chloe: book festival introducer
Chloe had the honor of introducing Tony DiTerlizzi on the Children’s Stage at the Decatur Book Festival this weekend. When we went up to Tony to talk to him beforehand, he asked if we lived nearby. I pointed at the building behind him and said “Yup, in that building right there!” But then went on
instagram: with adam gidwitz
Chloe was home sick from school today, and thus missed getting to hear Adam Gidwitz speak at her school. She loved A Tale Dark and Grimm, so much that she asked for a copy of it for her birthday. Thankfully, she got a second chance! By evening, she was feeling much better and hadn’t had
where are all the books?
Okay, sure, I can’t imagine that anyone at the Decatur Library has noticed, but I’ve been on a bit of a borrowing spree. At least this kind won’t adversely affect my credit rating. (Except that this story of the police coming after a 5-year old with overdue books has me checking my library account daily
Meeting Norton Juster
Friday night, the girls and I attended the culminating event of On the Same Page sponsored by the Little Shop of Stories, a great independent children’s bookstore just a couple of blocks from our new home. This year’s book was The Phantom Tollbooth, a book I hadn’t heard of until after Camille was born, but
Snow on the Square
It has been almost a month now since we had snow on the square… I’ve fallen quite far behind here, haven’t I? A few Tuesdays ago when I went to pick up Chloe from school (school gets out at 3:45 and gymnastics starts at 3:45 — great plan), the kids filed out to the hill
with ally condie – 10 nov 2011
Camille and I went to the Little Shop of Stories last night to hear an author talk by Ally Condie, author of Matched and Crossed . It was lovely to hear her speak and to get to meet her and have her sign our brand new copy of Crossed. I hope that Camille and I
GBK Gwyneth
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