I have this belief that the next book I read is going to change my life. If I find the right book about meditation, I’ll learn how to be stoic and calm. If I find the right book about fitness, I’ll finally get that elusive six-pack. You get the idea. I’m starting to think it… Read More »
Reading books. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood Part two of the dystopian world Margaret Atwood began in Oryx and Crake. We’re in the same universe around the same time, but from different perspectives. Eventually, we even meet up with some of the characters from Oryx and Crake. Snowman! The Crakers! Hard to… Read More »
Denver’s library is offering curbside pickup now. Yay! The Witch Elm by Tana French I found this to be an entertaining mystery/suspense novel. I guessed the killer correctly initially, then second-guessed myself, then realized I was right all along. The Elephant Chaser’s Daughter by Shilpa Raj We’re in a poor village in India. A generous… Read More »
Did you keep resolutions in June? How did you do? I was doing okay at the beginning of the month, but then I fell off a cliff around the 20th. A grades Work out I still got an A for working out in June, but I broke my work out streak at 120 days. Honestly,… Read More »
Here are my resolutions for June 2020. Work out Thankfully, I never stopped working out. I’m on day 99 of my streak. Hopefully, by the time you read this, I’ll be at 100 days! Meditate Meditation is also something I never stopped doing. It keeps me grounded and centered, helps me accept what I cannot… Read More »
Hello, dear reader. I’m sorry I’ve been so lackadaisical about posting recently. The quarantine has me feeling very unproductive and I have been bombing on my resolutions chart. For the first time in my adult life, I paid for a streaming service (Hulu) and I’m watching Law and Order: SVU from the beginning instead of… Read More »
I picked a really good month to start eating at home. In late February — because my March resolutions chart told me to — I began meal planning, grocery shopping, and prepping to not eat out. Because of this, I didn’t really notice until much later than normal that the rest of the world was… Read More »
I meant to purge my belongings over the course of the month of March, one subcategory per day according to Marie Kondo’s method of organizing. As I started thinking about it and when I realized how fun this process was going to be, I couldn’t resist and finished three days later, before March had even… Read More »
Hey guys, I normally avoid the news like the plague, but everyone kept talking about the plague, so I checked it out about a week ago. It’s embarrassing how out of the loop I was and I’m sorry for that. Soooo, there’s a global pandemic happening right now and nobody knows how long the world… Read More »
Book reviews, bitches! Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro This was the first book I read after my December binge and I could not get into it to save my life. I normally give up on books after 99 pages if I’m not feeling it, but my good friend recommended it, so I wanted… Read More »