books

We just finished and discussed this book for book club: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, by Lori Gottlieb. And you know what? I really liked it. It’s a story about a therapist and tells little things about all kinds of things her patients are going through, and then takes…

Ok I actually don’t think that, because I love witnessing those “true” gentlemen (AND of course “gentlewomen”) in real life. The ones who open the door for you when you’re carrying a heavy load. The kids who look you in the eye when talking to you. The teenagers who ask…

Note: there are affiliate links in this post…which I only use for things I adore and feel cannot be kept to myself! I read two books I loved in the last month and want to share while they’re still fresh in my mind. The first is the The Lincoln Highway:…

(affiliate links included in this post, but only ever for things I love so much I feel compelled to share!) I am trying to post gratitude posts leading up to Thanksgiving her as well as on Instagram. Because gratitude is POWERFUL and I love that Thanksgiving is centered around that.…

A blog reader asked how I keep track of the books I read. I don’t know how most people do it, but I LOVE having this space on the internet to keep track of the books I love. I love being able to write about them so I can remember…

Some thoughts this 4th of July weekend… Books that make you think The girls and I got busy reading Where the Wind Leads last month. (I have read this book before…all about that back HERE…but in my frenzy to try to get my girls loving reading more, I picked this…

I like to keep track of the books I have read. The good ones have so much power to change me. To change my thoughts and my heart. To take me to different worlds that teach me and help me grow. (My list from 2019 is HERE. And also there…

I mentioned back HERE that Dave has some great books he’s read for his classes at Thunderbird that pulled me in to read them too. Atomic Habits is one, but this What Got You Here Won’t Get You There was so good as well: It is filled up with so…

What would it be like to have all our life choices to make over again? Would we choose a completely different path? Would we stick with what we’ve got? That was the premise of the book we read last for book club: The Midnight Library. And although it gathered mixed…

I am so very grateful for the blog reader who shared this book recommendation with me: I don’t know if it would hold the same value to everyone else, but to me, it was priceless. (lots of reviews HERE) It was such a beautiful memoir of a woman who didn’t…