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Books I’ve enjoyed recently, via Mindy Kaling and Caitlin Moran
I recently lapped up the memoirs of two very funny, very intelligent women. You should read them. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? – Mindy Kaling Like me, a daughter of immigrants. Asian. And (not...
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Review: Don’t Breathe a Word
Don’t Breathe a Word – Jennifer McMahon This was my first brush with McMahon; I picked this book up off the library’s ‘recently returned’ shelf on a whim. The cover is creepy – one bug-eyed child with...
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Review: Socialpunk (plus Q&A with author Monica Leonelle O’Brien)
I recently had the chance to interview Monica Leonelle, a Chicago-based writer, and review her latest e-book, Socialpunk (the first in a trilogy). Read on for some of her insights, and scroll down for...
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Review: The Complete Stories – Franz Kafka
There are three parts to The Complete Stories. The two openers, Before the Law and The Imperial Message, which I *think* are about patience and perseverance and I especially liked. The main body,...
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The slow reading movement
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) I like the idea of the slow food movement. I’ve always loved to eat. But for a long time, I revelled in my inability to cook. I think I had a twisted notion that it enhanced...
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What is the one thing you always return to?
I’m curious. What is that thing for you? The thing you love most, never tire of, that is is never a chore or a drag for you? Books in the Douglasville, Georgia Borders store. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)...
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Review: The Perfect Balance
Today marked the start of NZ Money Week! I thought it was timely to review this book. The Perfect Balance: How to get ahead financially and still have a life By Hannah McQueen, Allen & Unwin, First...
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Review: Fatherland
Fatherland By Robert Harris I picked this up randomly off the ‘recently returned’ bookshelf at my local library. Turns out this book made the author, a humble journalist, famous – and this was the 20th...
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It’s official: Just call me a Caitlin Moran groupie (or, Moranthology rocks...
Regular readers may well recall my professed love for Caitlin Moran. Incredibly hilarious, with a too-extreme-to-be-true life story, with a Tumblr devoted to her utterings… she is funnier, sharper,...
View Article2012 in review: The literary edition
I am a freak of the 2.0 genereation. I despise the notion of e-books and refuse to read books on a screen (the exception being a few classics I loaded onto my iPad for free before leaving for our South...
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My lifelong affair with reading
The single biggest influence in my life to date has been, without a doubt, reading. Books – the Chalet School, Famous Five, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew – make up some of my earliest childhood memories. In...
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Books for intelligent people
Wouldn’t that be a great title for a series of posts? I must confess I didn’t do a whole lot of reading in 2013. So when we were volunteering in Italy, I binged on our host’s collection. Here’s a few...
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10 books that left a big impression on me
When Ms Pear first tagged me in this, I seized up. How could I possibly come up with just 10 books that have affected me? Or, if I took the tack of choosing books that were truly life changing, how...
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How To Worry Less About Money: 3 things I took away
The most refreshing thing about How to Worry Less About Money is the author’s unflinching observation of how money affects relationships. In this book, John Armstrong relates this back to his own...
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When She Makes More: 3 outtakes from this breadwinner
I put off reading When She Makes More by Farnoosh Torabi until now, because of the criticism I’d heard about this book: patronising, sexist, heavy-handed on the stereotypes. There’s some truth to...
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5 awesome books about money – for women, by women
I’ve been on a bit of a roll lately devouring books about money and career as I get closer to exiting the 20-something age bracket and ponder what my 30s could be like. In particular, I’ve been...
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5 books that just might change your life (by women!)
One of my favourite – and most popular – posts is my round up of books to help you shift your money trajectory, all by women. I thought I’d follow that up with a post on life-changing books more...
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