A Post: Weekly Reads / 03.14.2016

After driving almost twelve hours, braving zero visibility due to fog and torrential downpour, I've finally arrived home, in Atlanta, and will be visiting family and friends for the next week. This means I probably won't get much reading done, but packed ALL the books just in case. I've got about 100 pages of Wuthering Heights left, and completed just over 50% of Unbroken, after listening on audio, on the drive down. The latter is so incredibly good, but also heartbreaking. I'm also scanning this travel book (pictured above with my scratch map): Lonely Planet's Ultimate Travel: Our List of the 500 Best Places on the Planet - Ranked, while dreaming of where I'll go next.

Really planning to post the reviews of The Improbability of Love, The Brontë Plot, and The Queen of the Night before the year is over. Swear it.

What are you reading?

Share on Facebook| Share on Twitter| Share on Pinterest

A Post: Weekly Reads / 03.07.2016

Today's post is more a celebration of the weekend because I missed the natural light for Monday's photo post and really hate artificial light for personal projects, so apologies.

J and I attended the grand opening for Pilsen Community Books in Chicago on Saturday. Beautiful store with so much charm, offering a meticulously assembled collection of used books for sale (you actually couldn't even tell most of the books were used). The delicious bonus was coffee and donuts from a local bakery. Nom. Picked up two nonfiction titles (shown below) and can't wait to visit again.

Took a million pictures.

Stopped in a small bakery with giant windows and sturdy wooden tables for a slice of buttered sourdough toast and a cup of English breakfast tea before heading over to a tiny plant shop that had the most beautiful hanging ceramic planters. Swoon.

Also fell in love with the Pilsen neighborhood (my husband, pictured below, was so thrilled to be my mural model, ha!).  If you're in Chicago, you have to visit the area-- so much to see (and eat and buy and on and on and on).

(J in the city, Pilsen Community Books, The Spoke & Bird)

New Books

Ended the night with a photoshoot with two creative directors for my photography series called the The Creative Stories Project. All and all, a good weekend even if I didn't get to read as much as I would've liked.


In the Book Department:

Finished  The Queen of the Night  earlier this week and was a little disappointed with the story, overall. Very short review to come.

Almost done with Colm Toibin's Brooklyn and think it's pretty ok.

Currently staring down a very large pile of library books and trying to decide what to start next. Decisions.

What are you reading? 

Share on Facebook| Share on Twitter| Share on Pinterest

A Post: Weekly Reads / 02.22.2016

Still working on First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic Women by Susan Swain and C-SPAN.

Started Alexander Chee's The Queen of the Night a couple of days ago and hate having to do anything other than read it. A+ historical fiction (even though one scene prompted intense eye roll action) based in Paris with loads of debauchery and enchanting prose.

Hoping to get into some of the comics I've got stacked on my coffee table to finish out #comicsFebruary before we call a wrap on the month.

If all goes to plan, I'll finally post my review on The Improbability of Love & The Bronte Plot later this week because it's seriously been sitting in my draft list for TWO WEEKS and that's just unacceptable.

What are you reading?

Share on Facebook| Share on Twitter| Share on Pinterest

A Post: Weekly Reads / 02.07.2016

Started and finished The Bronte Plot by Katherine Reay this weekend, so look out for a post of mini reviews with my thoughts on it, and The Improbability of Love, later this week.

Started First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women by Susan Swain on Friday and have gotten as far as the 28th-- there were two, Edith, and then Ellen Wilson. It's fascinating and has pushed me to do some more reading featuring American history. C-Span pulled the book together by taking pieces from the televised programs created for each of the first ladies in order to give a basic overview of their personalities and legacies. Pretty excited that I'll have something to watch once I'm finished. Learn more (and watch) here: http://firstladies.c-span.org/.

Hoping to get into Girl Through Glass by Sari Wilson after finally getting it in at the library.

And, of course, the large stack of comics I hope to add between longer reads. (insert smiley emojis)

All and all, I'm thinking it's going to be a promising week in the reading department!

What are you reading?

Share on Facebook| Share on Twitter| Share on Pinterest

A Post: Weekly Reads / 02.01.2016

I love taking pictures. I love books. I really love taking pictures of books.

Each Monday I'll be sharing an image of some of the things I'll be reading during the week.

February begins with me continuing  The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild, which I AM LOVING for so many reasons. Art, food, history, and London!?!? Yes! All my favorite things in a cleverly written page turner.

And I'll be celebrating the start of #ComicsFebruary with graphic novel finds from my local library.

Cat Person by Seo Kim and The Great American Documents: Volume 1: 1620-1830 by Ruth Ashby are just two in my very large stack for the month ahead.

Whimsical meets serious historical fun. Can't wait!

What are you reading this week?

Share on Facebook| Share on Twitter| Share on Pinterest