The World Needs More Love Letters is by far one of my favorite organizations on the planet. In a world where it seems like love and hate are in a constant battle for our attention, More Love Letters triumphs and bursts through the screens and mailboxes of everyone who’s fortunate to come across this beautiful…
Trevor Noah wrote one of the best books that I’ve read all year. His book, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is phenomenal. It chronicles his life, giving a vivid, compelling, and inspiring account of what it was like growing up in South Africa during apartheid, and the days of freedom after. It’s inspiring,…
Twitter can sometimes be a toxic place, especially since the most recent election. But, when you freelance, and when you create your own work, it’s often a necessary tool in promoting the artistry you create. Cause hey, it’s free advertising! Lately I seek out those like-minded souls who wish to make the world better and…
I’ve been a long time fan of Emily Ley since I started using her planners a few years ago. As someone who’s constantly juggling a million and one different things, I need a place for them all to live happily. And yes, I do sync my calendars on my phone and computer, but, for me,…
The twelfth book of Christmas is The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder by Erin Blakemore. This book is the second heroine-centric book on our 12 Days list, following up Day Three’s account of How to Be a Heroine. If I had my way, I would swap the titles of these two…
The eleventh book of Christmas is The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton. “Deep in the heart of the dusty Kenyan desert a train of heavenly laden camels wind their way slowly through the bush. The camels’ panniers are stuffed to bursting, not with grain or medical supplies, but with books of every imaginable variety. Mididimc…
The tenth book of Christmas is The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell. “Every bookshop has a story. We’re talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses and in old run-down railway stations. From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop…
The ninth book of Christmas is Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard by Laura Bates, an English professor at Indiana State University. “Shakespeare professor and prison volunteer Laura Bates thought she had seen it all. That is, until she decided to teach Shakespeare in a place the bard had never been…
The eighth book of Christmas is A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter by William Deresiewicz. A few years ago, I read Excellent Sheep by Deresiewicz and had mixed feelings about his opinions. That book was about the current structure of post-secondary education in…
“To discover a new writer you love is like discovering a whole new country.” – p. 4 The seventh book of Christmas is Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books by Wendy Lesser. From the start, Lesser told the reader that the book they were about to read might be inconclusive. She spends…