There is so much false information circulating right now. As someone whose job it is to present credible knowledge for a variety of audiences, I’ve written this in hopes of empowering you to identify misinformation and to help others do the same. I’m using my rarely-used blog as a platform just to get this out … More Please stop sharing false information about COVID-19
This review is going to be one massive spoiler, just FYI. If you haven’t read this book and you intend to—and you want to be surprised—quit right here. K’bye. Come back and see me after you’ve read it (or maybe, in the future, after you’ve watched the miniseries). Because I mostly want to talk about the … More Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win: “this review is going to be one massive spoiler”
I read Prozac Nation when I was, like, fifteen. Totes apropes. I was a junior in high school dating a guy in a heavy metal band (bonus: my parents hated him) and it meant something to be seen walking around with a copy of that book. It was part manifesto, part statement accessory, infuriating and deliciously … More My Year of Rest & Relaxation: “it’s actually a grand admission of the pointedness of, well, everything”
Everyone was talking about Pachinko and I knew that I’d probably read it at some point but I also knew that every time I picked it up in a bookstore, something inside me whispered not yet. I mean, the heft of this book is intimidating. The paperback version clocks in at a reasonable-sounding 479 pages … More Pachinko: “worth the long-term commitment”
I loved Jessica Knoll’s Luckiest Girl Alive so much that I read it—and re-read it—on a Kindle. I inherited my mom’s old Kindle which was perfect at the time. I was living in Abu Dhabi and my thirst for books was not quenched by the paperbacks available in the Virgin megastore at the Abu Dhabi … More The Favorite Sister: “a decent story moderately well told”
Every now and then, I get a book recommendation from someone who either thinks I’m a far more highbrow reader than I actually am or is angling for praise in a “look at how plugged in/existential/woke I am that I have read THIS book!” sense. In the case of Asymmetry, you should know that this … More Asymmetry: “I read 57% of this book”
I’ve been obsessed with the Theranos saga since Vanity Fair’s September 2016 article “How Elizabeth Holmes’s House of Cards Came Tumbling Down.” From there, I went on to read everything I could find about Theranos. Here was a trailblazing woman, the world’s first self-made billionaire. (On borrowed dollars.) Here was a product some of … More Bad Blood: “the opposite of imposter syndrome”
Listening to: She Used to Be Mine, Sara Bareilles—Waitress It is because of Gretchen Rubin that I found myself in the second row at Waitress on a recent weekend watching Sara Bareilles belt “She Used to Be Mine.” I love Gretchen Rubin’s Happier podcast. I liked the book years ago, but my life was messier then—I was … More Waitress (Show) and A Star Is Born (Film): “the tension inherent in live performance”
First book of 2019: Melody Warnick’s This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are. The suggestion came from a podcast but I can’t recall if it was Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Forever35, or The Minimalists. (I highly recommend all three, by the way.) In the book, Warnick unpacks what is means to put down roots … More This Is Where You Belong: “it’s about knowing yourself”
**Update**—If you’re interested in signing up for the 2019 reading challenge, it’s never too late! Email me for Q’s or an add. Listening to: Heaven or Las Vegas, Cocteau Twins (via How To Build A Girl) A year ago, I pinged my fellow Book Clubbers and some friends to see if they wanted to do a … More The #25in2018 Reading Challenge
The New Glitterati 