This is a fun read about a manipulative woman who worms her way into the lives of a wealthy “golden couple” to achieve the privileged life she so desperately wants and feels she deserves. It’s a twisty, juicy novel with great characters, snappy dialogue, and one crazy ending. You won’t be able to stop once you get started. … [Read more...] about The Last Mrs. Parrish
Why did parents start looking for razor blades in apples that were given out on Halloween? Do you remember when you became aware of the amount of fat in a bucket of movie theater popcorn? Why was the Subway sandwich diet so successful? This enlightening book explores why some ideas are more memorable. The Heath brothers unearth six characteristics of “sticky” ideas and offer practical, entertaining, and fascinating information about how we can communicate more effectively. According to the … [Read more...] about Made to Stick
Just in time for summer. This is the perfect beach read/one-day indulgence. Think 9 to 5...ish. It’s an office where the women (the “assistants”) embark on a plan to squeeze money out of the company and their less-than-wonderful bosses to pay off their college loans. Oh, and there’s a love interest--of course. It’s playful and thoroughly entertaining. … [Read more...] about The Assistants
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize!
Caroline Fraser has an affection for Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books. But Fraser also is a realist and an incredible historian. She takes the reader on a remarkable page-turning journey, delving deep into the real world of life on the prairie. Of course the Ingalls, Pa and Ma and the rest of the clan, figure prominently, culminating in Laura’s own family and life beyond the Little House books. Full of mind-numbing stories of hardship, Fraser … [Read more...] about Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Brilliant, funny, informative, eye-opening, masterful….these are just some of the adjectives I would apply to this WOW of a book. Noah grew up in South Africa. He was born about five years before Apartheid officially ended. His a storyteller extraordinaire! More importantly, his own experiences captured so vividly in this memoir will forever enlighten your understanding of Apartheid, leave you marveling at the selflessness of his mother, and make you love Trevor Noah forever. … [Read more...] about Born a Crime
Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?
Please, need I say more? … [Read more...] about Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy So I Can Correct It?
The perfect gift book. An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age. This little book presents ten transformative principles that will help you discover your artistic side and build a more creative life. They’re just great ideas about life in general. Loved it!!! … [Read more...] about Steal Like An Artist
Philpott is a kind of modern-day Erma Bombeck or Nora Ephron, spinning extraordinary stories from life’s ordinary details. In this witty and moving memoir-in-essays full of spot-on observations about home, work, and creative life, Philpott takes on the conflicting pressures of modern adulthood. She offers up her own stories to show that figuring out who you are, who you’re not, and where you belong doesn’t just happen during one midlife crisis; rather, it’s an ongoing journey that doesn’t … [Read more...] about I Miss You When I Blink
Declutter and Organize to Make Room for More Happiness
“Don’t Wait to Start Creating Order” is one of the many valuable “tidying up” tips that Rubin offers in her action-packed (by that I mean get-you-butt-in-gear kind of action) book on ways to create outer order so that you can have inner calm. As one professor of sociology and gerontology observed, “After age 50, the chances that a person will divest himself or herself of possessions diminishes with each decade.” Uh oh.
Not to worry. … [Read more...] about Outer Order Inner Calm