Lose Yourself in the World of Books
Diary of a Bookseller, Day 1 When people find out I work at a bookstore, invariably one of their first reactions is "I wish I could read at work!" They are often shocked to find that I do not have any spare time at work for reading. I'm working. My friend Amanda who works at… Continue reading What a Bookseller *Really* Does
The Genius and the Absurdity Self-Help January continues! This book originally came out in November 2017 and I still have an advance reader copy... I've been sitting on it for almost 2 years and decided now was finally the time to read it. I love Iliza, so much so that I decided to use her… Continue reading Girl Logic by Iliza Shlesinger
How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps I've started referring to January as Self-Help Month. I know it's really in the summer, or something like that, but if working in a books store for the last 4 Januarys has taught me only one thing, it's that the best selling section of the store… Continue reading Adulting (Updated Edition) by Kelly Williams Brown
Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation Continuing on my feminist/sociology book kick, I finally read (well listened to) a book by Rebecca Traister. Synopsis From the back cover:Today, only around 20 percent of Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine are wed, compared to the nearly 60 percent in 1960. Traister… Continue reading All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister
Wisdom of Pooh #1 I have long been intrigued by The Tao of Pooh and decided the holiday season was a good time to read it to try to keep myself settled and focused. Synopsis The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh! ... in which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist… Continue reading The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
Celebration of Books 