Arbitrary Madness. Artistic Exploration. Dope Things.
The circus arrives without warning. The opening lines coupled with the black, white and red cover of The Night Circus have held my interest for a while now. I remember picking it up and setting it down several times in the bookstores. Maybe it was because of the size of the book. I can read sizableContinue Reading “The Night Circus.”
I’m amazed at the number of people who haven’t even heard about the Kingsman movies. The second movie came out September 22, 2017 and I’ve been eagerly awaiting it since about September 2016. In fact, I was so hype after I bought tickets that I found several unnecessary ways to insert the movie into conversation. Co-worker atContinue Reading “Why I love the Kingsman movies.”
Allow me to list all the compliments that come to mind when I think of Stephanie Garber’s Caraval. When the review said “spellbinding” they weren’t lying. That book was magical. I haven’t felt this way about a book since Red Queen. Why do all of the good books need sequels? It’s like fantastic and intricate plots require installmentsContinue Reading “Caraval.”
I met the character Hamish Macbeth late in his career as a lazy, romantically doomed police constable in Scotland. Having become familiar with M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin series, I had an idea what to expect, but also no clue. The reasons I loved Agatha Raisin just couldn’t transfer across genders: Agatha Raisin is middle-aged yetContinue Reading “Death of a Liar (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery).”
Big Magic was yet another book I needed to reinforce my subconscious understanding of life and purpose. I decided to finally listen to the book with the beautiful cover after a friend of mine gave me a spoiler. She told me about a story that Elizabeth Gilbert shared in the first few chapters – oneContinue Reading “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear.”
In college, I needed an excuse to study people and their behaviors so I minored in sociology. Now, I read books like The Power of Habit and go, “That’s fascinating” in the nerd voice that lives inside my head. I immediately knew I would like this book when it started to remind me of Malcolm Gladwell’s books. IContinue Reading “The Power of Habit.”
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz reinforced a whole bunch of things for me. A whole bunch of important lessons I already knew, but have a knack for forgetting. If you google “The Four Agreements” you’ll find a number of useful graphics that summarize what is already a pretty short book, but I’m moreContinue Reading “The Four Agreements.”
There is something comforting about reading about other peoples’ lives being driven into the dirt. In a completely unsettling, self-loathing kind of way. Reading Ariel Levy’s memoir, The Rules Do Not Apply, made me feel better about my life, while simultaneously making me fearful as hell that life is just a cycle of bullshit indented with periodsContinue Reading “The Rules Do Not Apply.”
Romance novels are like Hallmark channel movies with an extra dose of sexual tension, double the stakes, and three times the talent. So, the next time you’re considering watching the same tired Christmas movie, consider reading a romance novel, or better, listening to one. Why watch the same actors make the same piss poor facialContinue Reading “The Cinderella Deal.”
For years, folks have been telling me “You gotta read The Shack. You gotta read The Shack!” The reviews were overwhelmingly positive. I would just mention it and folks would leap into, “this book is amazing,” “it changed my life,” “I’ve read it 100 times…” After I finally read the book I’ve become those people–IContinue Reading “The Shack.”
