How do you decide what you want to read next? Is it spontaneous? Or do you keep a running list? I think I am a blend of the two. I keep a list of books I am excited to read, but I also like to pick up whatever I am in the mood for. The list serves as a place to go back to for ideas and when I am in a brain fog with ideas. The past few years,… Read more »
Every year, I take a moment to reflect on my favorite 3 books from the prior year and to share them here. I love looking back on what I’ve read and thinking about new perspectives and ideas I’ve been exposed to through what I chose. Below is the list of what I read in 2017. There are several titles that were on my 2017 reading list, but I also went rogue for a quite of 2017. Although I have been… Read more »
Last year was my first year creating a reading list. Looking back on my list from 2016, I read 5 of the 11 books on theret. I’m pretty happy with that. The reading list helped me identify the books that were piquing my interest most at the beginning of the year. I used it as a loose framework. But when I got an excited about another book, I felt totally okay to deviate. With that in mind, here are the… Read more »
Looking back at this post from last year with the best 3 books from 2015 makes me so happy. Those 3 books still influence my life on a daily basis. I feel like I read a little less than usual in 2016. Or it might just be that I didn’t review as many books on the blog. Some of the books I read and liked but didn’t get to review on here were “Rising Strong”, “Why Not Me?”, “Present Over Perfect”, and “Start… Read more »
I recently finished reading “The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed” by Jessica Lahey. As soon as I finished the introduction, I knew this book and I were going to be a good fit. I had highlighted most of it 🙂 I’ve noticed one of the quickest ways to get people gabbing is to ask them about their childhood. More specifically, how they were raised and then compare it to… Read more »
