Reading Update (12/26/19)

Reading Update (12/26/19)

by | Dec 26, 2019 | Books

I finished A Man Called Ove, about Ove, a curmudgeonly older man living alone in Sweden after his wife recently died. Ove patrols his neighborhood each morning to make sure nothing is out of order, doesn’t understand how anyone would drive anything other than a...
Reading Update (12/13/19)

Reading Update (12/13/19)

by | Dec 13, 2019 | Books

My interest in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was piqued when we watched the HBO miniseries this summer, and now that I’ve read Midnight in Chernobyl, I want to watch the show all over again! (We’ll wait until Steven has finished listening to the book...
Random Thoughts Thursday 256

Random Thoughts Thursday 256

by | Dec 5, 2019 | Books, Life, Work + Design

Steven downloaded Midnight in Chernobyl, so Book Club for Two is back! Yay! We started watching Wild last night, and it’s interesting to watch the movie right after finishing the book and notice all the little things they changed to the story. I bet Steven loves...
Reading Update (11/30/19)

Reading Update (11/30/19)

by | Nov 30, 2019 | Books

I had two easy reads in a row which meant I got through two books this week! Woot! That hasn’t happened in a long time! The first was The Grace Year, a YA dystopian novel about a patriarchal society where women are believed to have magical powers, and must spend...
Reading Update (11/23/19)

Reading Update (11/23/19)

by | Nov 23, 2019 | Books

Phew, I finished The Nightingale right before it was due last week! It’s the story of two estranged French sisters during World War II. Vianne, the older sister, lives outside of a small French town with her daughter while her husband is at war. The younger...