1.4.18

i just finished this book

10.12.17

book 24

i set an intention to read 24 books this year, with this book i accomplished that goal.  hurray!

8.27.17

book number 23

7.25.17

book number 22

i want to go on a walkabout.

5.30.17

book number 20

this book made me feel weird, uncomfortable, filled with dread.  the whole time i couldn't figure out who the target audience was, the writing wasn't masterful, some of the plot lines were just bizarre and it contained the worst romantic storylines possible. yet, i couldn't put it down.

5.8.17

book number 15

one of my new years resolutions this year was to read 24 books.  this makes number 15. 

5.12.16

book 6

i've realized that most of my reading this year has been stories of or by fearless and accomplished women.  they are all wildly different people but i find them all inspiring in different ways.  i've decided to continue with this theme.  if you have any recommendations send them my way!

5.9.16

book 5

this book is awesome!  caroline is my new hero.  i thought my life fairly exciting, but hers is next level on the adventure scale.  plus i like the interactive tasks that the book contains.  if you have a daughter, buy this for her.  we need more gutsy girls.

5.7.16

book 4

4.4.16

book 3

i am inspired. 

12.27.15

book 18

11.5.15

book 17

10.21.15

book 16

this was surprisingly inspiring and helpful.

8.23.15

book 15

There is no disputing the fact that Harper Lee is a phenomenal writer.  But a sequel is never as good as an original you know?

8.16.15

book 14

I am so proud that I finished this book (finally!) and cannot stress enough how dense Tantric philosophy is.  At least to me.  Here is a small example from a page I just randomly selected:

"The Vishvodara Nadi flows between the Kuhu and Hastajihva Nadis and resides in the area of the naval.  This Nadi is connected with the digestion of all kinds of food.  The Vishvodara Nadi can be energized by the yogic exercises nauli kriya and Uddiyana Bandha (detailed later in this chapter), which involve contracting the rectal/abdominal muscles.  Vishvodara Nadi is related to the adrenal glands and the pancreas and, together with the Varuni Nadi improves the distribution and flow of prana throughout the body, especially the prana that rises through the Sushumna Nadi."

You know what's really crazy to me?  I completely understand this.

8.10.14

book 13

"...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets.  The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear gain.  The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably.  They don't deceive you with thrills and trick endings.  They don't surprise you with the unforeseen.  They are as familiar as the house live in.  Or the smell of your lover's skin.  You know how they end, yet you listen as though you don't.  In the way that although you know that one day you will die, you live as though you won't.  In the Great Stories you know who lives, who dies, who finds love, who doesn't.  And yet you want to know again.
That is their mystery and their magic."
~ Arundhati Roy

According to these criteria this is a Great Story.

7.30.15

book 12

Although Gretchen Rubin and I are very different people and very different things make us happy I got alot out of this book and I'm excited to implement some of the ideas and steps.  No matter how different people can be the desire to be happy is universal and alot of what makes us happy is fundamentally the same.  In short, I recommend it.  It's a fast read and who doesn't want to be happier?

7.15.15

book 11

Spoiler Alert: This book does not take place in California.

6.28.15

book 10

Was this an amazing piece of literature? no.
Could i put it down? NO. 

6.14.15

book 9

read this book, then tell one hundred other people to read it too.