Interior Design Crash Course
February 22, 2022
Follow my novice attempts to learn about interior design as we remake an old Haussmannian apartment in France.
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Category: Book Club
The Disappearing Spoon- Young Readers Edition Makes the Periodic Table of Elements Interesting Again
January 18, 2021
One of the great things about being in a book club is that you are often exposed to books you might otherwise never read. So when a good friend of mine who is also a chemist, recommended the adult version of The Disappearing Spoon for our book club, I figured this was an opportunity to … More The Disappearing Spoon- Young Readers Edition Makes the Periodic Table of Elements Interesting Again
Science History and Schadenfreude: A Polluting Scientist Gets His Comeuppance
May 14, 2020
This is really random, but I just finished Chapter 10 in Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything, a wonderfully educational and entertaining science book that explains the universe from the beginning for laypeople to understand and build their scientic appreciation, understanding, and curiousity. Learning about particle physics (the topic of Chapter 10) could … More Science History and Schadenfreude: A Polluting Scientist Gets His Comeuppance
How to Nurture and Educate Children Using Roffman’s 5 Core Needs
January 15, 2020
I thought this was going to be about sex. My daughter’s teachers provided us with Deborah Roffman’s book Talk to Me First, to give us insight into how to talk to our kids about sex. Roffman’s book about “becoming your kids’ ‘go-to’ person about sex” is so much more. It’s a spot-on framework for parenting … More How to Nurture and Educate Children Using Roffman’s 5 Core Needs
Beautiful Sagamore Pendry -Baltimore MD
September 30, 2019
Design and History at the Sagamore Pendry … More Beautiful Sagamore Pendry -Baltimore MD
Siblings Without Rivalry Overview
April 23, 2018
Parenting is one of the biggest challenges we face, and I struggle with the balance of being a loving, nurturing, understanding Mom, and putting my foot down without losing my shit. So I’ve been reading a lot of parenting books, and there is so much overlap in concepts but I need the constant reminder … More Siblings Without Rivalry Overview
Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
September 18, 2017
I’ve been putting off this review/overview for a while because I feel like there is so much to talk about, and I needed to take the time to sit down, focus, and really do the concepts in this book justice. My husband loved this book so much he gifted a copy for each of his … More Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
What I Learned from Trump: A Graphic Biography
October 24, 2016
Just when you think you have heard or read enough about Trump, you come across a book that tells you something new. I certainly did not expect to find any revelations in a graphic novel, but here we are. … More What I Learned from Trump: A Graphic Biography
Fahrenheit 451 Review
October 13, 2016
This Ray Bradbury classic somehow managed to escape my school curriculum. I could see why it is a classic, especially in the context of when it was published (1953). It spoke to concerns of the rising technological age and the conformism of the time. They had no idea what they were really in for in … More Fahrenheit 451 Review
Review-Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath by Kate Moses
September 17, 2016
I read this book along with The Bell Jar for my local book club and I was curious to find just how much her famous novel mirrored her own life. The book club met last month. No one managed to read through the whole of Wintering. Lucky for you, I am stubborn and insisted on … More Review-Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath by Kate Moses
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