Category: Book Review

I’ve been staying out of the sun to nurse my burns, and today that meant hanging out in a Starbucks to read, write, and edit. I’m starting Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, which I bought at a used bookstore yesterday. I’m interested to finally be getting into her work.

In two days, I’ll be flying back to Scotland. I’m excited for my new job and new flat, but I’ve also had a good vacation. All that’s left is to hope this hot weekend doesn’t get to me.

Here’s a bit about the book I finished a few days …

Tomorrow we go to Sedona. We went to South Mountain today and I took more pictures of sprawling vistas and flowering cacti, which I’ll probably post tomorrow.

Here’s a little bit about the book I finished a few days ago.

Book 5: On Writing, by Stephen King

As a writer, I found this book very inspiring. The first half is a kind of memoir, short tales about his colorful childhood. There are a few writing tips thrown in there, but the majority are in the second half. The more detailed tips about grammar I’ve been taking into consideration …

Didn’t manage a blog yesterday. I don’t think I’m completely used to the time difference yet. Crashed before I could write this down. I got another book read though, which was pretty much the highlight of my day. And I had a good day, so that’s saying something.

In the past two days I started and finished reading The Alchemist. My mom had the book and was reading it, and I had been interested in it for a while but thought it was too expensive to buy.

Book 4: The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

I found it …

Another day of studying, but mostly stress. Finally I came to my senses. Read a book, played some League of Legends, wrote this blog, did my best to relax. Tomorrow morning at 9:30 is the first of my three final exams, and at this point there isn’t much more knowledge I can absorb.

Even though I wasn’t able to keep up with that 50 book challenge, I think I’ll continue to write up reviews of the books I read this year. This one I received from my mom, who found it in a used bookstore and thought of me. It …

In the past week, I have returned to Scotland, started second term classes at university, and as of two days ago, am “officially” an incredible guy’s girlfriend. My life is so different from even a week and a half ago. Time feels like it’s speeding up and slowing down at once, and I don’t understand it. But it all feels right, somehow. And that’s what I’ll focus on.

Courses are getting more difficult, deadlines are coming fast (as they always seem to), and this whole not-being-single thing is new and exciting and taking up a lot of my time, offsetting …

As I watch the sunrise at the Amsterdam airport during a long layover, I thought I’d share a bit about something I want to try. Consider it a New Year’s resolution.

I heard about a challenge where you read one book a week for a year, called the 50 Book Challenge. You can start at any time of year, but I thought January was as good a time as any. I have a few books I’ve been meaning to read, but otherwise I want to use this opportunity to read more classics. Particularly since I can get many of them …