For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] Some people hear “self-care” and think to themselves, “I don’t have time for that.” And they’re right, for the most part. In today’s world, it’s hard to find a moment to be at peace with ourselves. Between work, home life, and the 24-hour news cycle, there’s little left in the day to reflect on … Read more
[ad_1] What is your “reading personality?” Drawing from my expertise on the Enneagram and from my book, Self to Lose, Self to Find, I speculate on what kinds of books those who identify with one of the nine personality patterns are most likely to read and enjoy. Type Ones focus on Improvement. They seek insights … Read more
[ad_1] In Eighty Days to Elsewhere, Ramona Keene works in her family bookshop. Two Old Queens Books & Tea is owned by Romy’s Uncle Merv and his partner Tommy, and she has worked there since she was a teenager. It’s cozy and safe—if a little dusty—and Romy spends most of her time trying to get … Read more
[ad_1] When she was about 30, Julian of Norwich got sick and saw God. For about a week she lay in bed, beholding Christ in gory, color-changing agony (“all his blessed face covered at one point in dry blood”), several heavens, and the cosmos contained in a walnut. Not long afterwards—from what historians can tell, … Read more
[ad_1] What’s not surprising at all? The fact that Abbe, Jess, and Emma could not wait to talk about a great book for 30 minutes, as they do every month for the Read it Forward book club. In August, they read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett—a stunning work of fiction about two inseparable twins … Read more
[ad_1] “I don’t want to talk about my family,” I announced to the therapist at the beginning of my very first counseling session. “I had a perfect childhood.” I wasn’t there to marinate ad nauseam in some theoretical Freudian stew of discontent that didn’t actually exist. I just had some patterns that I recognized as … Read more
[ad_1] I believe it is ultimately up to the reader to decide what makes a great historical fiction novel but here are some things that I, personally, love to see. 1. A completely new and original point of view. As a reader of historical novels myself, I prefer the ones that look at a familiar … Read more
[ad_1] Until someone becomes a parent, they have no idea how little time parents actually get for themselves in a day. I get asked from time to time how to find time to read as a parent. The question usually goes something like this: I know that reading to my kids is one of the … Read more
[ad_1] There are so many ways to get “lost in translation”, as evidenced by the frequent and varied use of that expression. We drop it into conversation. “Something got lost in translation,” we say, meaning everything from the very literal to the very metaphorical. It is the title of books and articles, of a movie. … Read more
[ad_1] Keltie Knight is an Emmy Award-winning television personality and a New York Times bestselling author. She’s also a co-host on The LadyGang podcast with Jac Vanek and Becca Tobin—if you haven’t listened yet, you need to. Knight and the girls co-authored Act Like a Lady, which is a relatable, empowering, and hilarious take on being unapologetically … Read more