Consider this post more of a mood piece than an actual pairing. While I would love for all of you to be able to go to Thailand and read this book, well, I’m aware it might be a bit of … Continue reading
Today’s post comes to you via Quirky Bookworm, one of my favorite bloggers and another resident Arizonan. Her “Love of Reading Week” has become quite the cuddly love-fest for books and I’ve joined in today to talk about why post-apocalyptic … Continue reading
Let’s start off the first BookPairing post of 2013 with some inspiration, shall we? It’s always an amazing thing when ideas that you had been batting around over late-night dinners or general musings actually appear in the form of a … Continue reading
I read Drop Dead Healthy in two sittings. First, I had skipped out on an aerobics class, buuut then went and read the book at Whole Foods while I ate dinner. I figured the book and healthy grocery store was … Continue reading
Here’s the thing about me and book readings. I like to get there early. I sit in the back and I watch the different personalities that show up for each author. Went to see Karl Marlantes reading for Matterhorn and … Continue reading
This post could have also been titled “Why I Bought A Shredder” or “Dropping ‘Action Items’ and ‘Implementation’ Into Daily Conversation.” Even at times, “My Infatuation With David Allen,” because, let’s get straight to the point, Getting Things Done by … Continue reading
“Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream” is the first line of Cannery Row by John Steinbeck and, subsequently, now emblazoned … Continue reading
To wrap up the July reading party for the Gatz, I just wanted to start out the discussion with some of my quick thoughts and impressions about the novel. The Greatest and Americanest of Novels, if you will. – First, … Continue reading
You may remember what happened to be a rather embarrassing post for me, when I admitted to having never read The Great Gatsby. We all will miss at least one of the “most important books in the world” with our … Continue reading
So you want to know the impetus for creating a blog? It starts like this, “Man, I don’t know about my job. I wonder what else I could be doing.” Six months later, I talk about books with a friend … Continue reading
