Living in New York with her husband and children, working in her dream job, and living a fairly pleasant life, author Gretchen Rubin decided that she could be happier. In an attempt to increase her current state of happiness and appreciate the little things in life, The Happiness Project was born and has since become a best selling book all over the world. Essentially, The Happiness Project is a year-long list of resolutions for Rubin to accomplish, each month focusing… Read more »
Dear Tina Fey, I just read your book, Bossypants, and wrote a review on it for my blog here, but I scrapped it to write you a letter because I had to get something off my chest (even though you'll never read it, I'm sure you get the point…damn why am I still talking to you like you will read it, okay, I'm moving on now…) Firstly, I want to start by saying, your book is exceptional. I know I… Read more »
When I'm busy, the two things that go out the window are reading and exercise. I miss reading but it almost always feels like a guilty pleasure because you can't do anything else when you're consumed in the pages of a book. It's a sad realisation and one that I hope to rectify as soon as possible, taking more time to sit and read and appreciate working my brain and not being connected to the online world all the time…. Read more »
I just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett and I had to tell you all about it! I don't read a lot of fiction but in my quest to read three books before the end of the year (one of my Eight in Eight goals), and my recent book buying, I picked this up for $5 as a substitute for missing the film a few months ago. The Help is one of those stories that you read once in a… Read more »
I have been so busy lately that I haven't had a lot of time for the reading, but now it's game on while I wait for new shows to start! As part of my 26 Things Before 27 list, I wanted to read three classic books, so here are some I am attempting to tackle: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott – Never read it, I can't believe it! I have, however, seen the movie with the delightful (young) Christian… Read more »
My love of books started at an early age. My mum has this anecdote that she loves to tell about being called up to my primary school one year – not because I was naughty – but so they could voice their concerns about my lack of ball skills in phys ed. Her response was that I owned a library card and she took me to the library all the time because I read a lot (enough so that I… Read more »
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