{Literature trend} In search of life’s purpose
The thing about a trend is, once you start seeing it one place, you start seeing it everywhere! It was like that with book characters, usually women, searching their life’s purpose in another...
View Article{literature trend} chasing dreams
Book characters chasing their dreams is such an interesting topic. These books can have both interesting plots and inspirational elements. This theme came up from a comment from Lucy on my article on...
View ArticleDo I want to try to be a writer?
This post is going to be even more personal than some of my other posts and a little less thoroughly thought out– I hope it’s okay that I share few of my thoughts and feelings. I’m really going...
View ArticleA life in books: 6 stages
I was talking to my husband just the other day about how my interest in book genres evolves, such as what kind of books you are interested in. Over time, people seem to have different levels of...
View Article{literature trend} solitude
“You need not leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, simply wait, just learn to become quiet, and still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to...
View ArticleReading this week
I’ve been cutting down my internet consumption lately and the time I’m saving up, I choose to spend it sampling coffees around London with few good books of course… It was about time for me to dig in...
View Article6 incredibly funny books from the boys
I’ve already waxed on about how much I love light-hearted, easy-to-read books (and, don’t worry, I still do love chick lit), but once in a while I like picking up the equivalent light-hearted,...
View ArticleThe one where I talk about productivity ninjas and eating alone
Every time I finish reading a productivity / lifehacking book, I swear to myself never to buy another again… until the next time. I say to myself that I’ve learnt everything there is to know about the...
View Article3 biographies that will kick you into action
If you read this blog for any length of time, you are aware of my love for biographies, only seconded by my love of self-help books. I guess both self-help and biographies have this “how-to” allure....
View ArticlePsychologists who write fiction: {part 1} Irvin Yalom
I wanted to talk about this interlink between psychology and fiction for a long time and I finally got around to it. I find the ways that psychology influences fiction and fiction psychology...
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