The Advice for Life class at Kadampa Mediation Center spent the entire month of February dedicated to the topic: Learning to Like People. It was so insanely helpful and productive that I’m sharing it with you here. In fact, this entire week I plan on posting various dharma talks I attended at KMC. Welcome to BUDDHIST WEEK…
Two Recent Reads with Nearly Identical Plots
I’m always in the middle of several books, both physical copies along with audiobooks. Earlier this month, I read The Wife Between Us while I listened to The Last Mrs. Parish on an audiobook. I was actually pretty shocked at how similar the two plots were… I kept confusing storylines, character motives, and it became…
So Many Books, So Little Time | April 2018 Reads
I’m proud to report that I closed out April with nine books! The nine books I finished were a pretty mixed bag, as one can expect. I’d say a majority were winners (a few I would even rate as excellent!) with a couple of lame 2 stars. All in all, I’m pretty happy with the…
Oh Hey, Nicola Yoon! | Two Excellent YA Reads
When I find an author I enjoy, I usually end up reading a few of their other books back to back. In this case, I stumbled upon Nicola Yoon via Book of the Month. The Sun is Also a Star was one of their December 2016 picks, and upon reading the description, has been on my…
The Backlog of Unread Books
I currently have a massive pile of books sitting in my living room that I have yet to read. Precisely thirty-two of them. I knew it was getting bad, but I didn’t realize just how bad it was until I actually collected all my unread books from all corners of the house into one pile….
Three Book Clubs, Six Months, Thirteen Books
I’m currently in three different book clubs. Which sounds like it’s a lot, and yes, it definitely is, but it’s been fun, enjoyable, and I’m happily plowing through books that I want to read. So three book clubs it is! Today, I’m sharing all the book club picks that were selected in the last six…