Hi everyone! Yes, I know I’ve been really bad lately. The past month has been a whirlwind of work and people. My planner has never been this full: every night of the week and every weekend have been teeming with activity. This is not to say that I am complaining, I rather like being busy [...]
Archive for the ‘About books’ Category
4 May
The Year of Living Biblically
I am reading a new book. I FINALLY started my long-dreamed-of book club and I am reading a new book! I love it so far, and have laughed out loud on numerous occasions. Lucky author who has been gifted with a great sense of humor (or maybe it’s me? I love Americans’ sense of humor) [...]
16 Feb
Where there’s a will, there is a way
I am reading a book right now called “Made to Stick” by two brothers, Chip and Dan Heath. It’s a really good book – after reading about half of it I can’t stop thinking about what makes some ideas “stick” in my head and others wash away. Among the lessons they teach, though, there is [...]
21 Jan
What is it about music?
What is it about music that makes me so happy? Music and baking… I think, I haven’t actually baked that much. I wonder what’s up with my perpetual dream of baking, of hanging out in a kitchen filled with the smell of baking, of eating baked goods made by me etc Tomorrow I’ll find out [...]
10 Nov
My Life in France – by Julia Child
I will write a longer entry about it, but for now, I STRONGLY recommend the book, especially if you saw the movie “Julie and Julia.” I saw the movie twice, and I am reading the book right now, in preparation of a third viewing of the movie Yes, I am that intense about Julia (not [...]
27 Oct
Love’s Executioner – by Irvin Yalom
Why did I choose psychotherapy as a profession? Why am I planning to become a therapist, a psychologist? Is it really to help others, or is it to help myself? Are we ever really helping other people by listening to their problems and trying to support them while they attempt to fix them, or are [...]
21 Oct
Motivational books
Maybe it’s just a bad day, but today I am totally against motivational books. My dad sent me one a couple of weeks ago, and I started reading it tonight. I also ended the reading session about 5 minutes after I started. Usually I like self-help books, motivational quotes and all that…. They really help, [...]
17 Oct
Eat, Pray, Love – Brazilian men = mmmmyeah!
All I can say in response to page 288, lines 9 and 10 in particular (and the whole second half of the third part of the book, in general) is: I need a Brazilian man in my life. ASAP
16 Oct
Eat, Pray, Love (by Elizabeth Gilbert) – How to Let Go
I am reading this book on the T (subway) on my way to and from work (and from the T to the office, and back, and in bed before I go to sleep, and every time I have a spare moment), and I wish I could write my entries then and there. All I want [...]
15 Oct
What makes a good book? Jodi Picoult, for one
I have recently discovered an author that has made me love her so much, that in an effusion of enthusiasm I borrowed her books from the library – all 14 of them. At the same time. Her name is Jodi Picoult, and even though in the mean time I decided to return 8 of them, [...]
