06/ 04/ 2013
“A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simples images in whose presence his heart first opened.”
Albert Camus
Tip jar: Justin vs. Selena (my dollar’s on Gomez)
Stand out
05/ 26/ 2013
Yearning for something lighter to read, I picked up a copy of Amor Towles’s debut novel The Rules of Civility. I’m happy to report that I tore through it, finding the book easy to read, but not lacking in substance.
Towles’s heroine — Katey Kontent — is an older twenty-something living in New York City during the late 1930s. She and her infamous roommate Eve meet an enticing stranger named Tinker in a jazz club on New Years Eve. He has it all—brains, proper etiquette, impeccable taste and lots of money. After meeting Tinker, Katey’s world changes, and in the end, she’s given a choice: her head or her heart.
04/ 25/ 2013
After finishing the second installment of the Fifty Shades of Grey series, I’d decided not to read the third book. I struggled to finish the second one, finding it repetitive and not well developed. However, a few weeks ago, I spoke to a bookish friend about the third novel. She found it “satisfying,” saying that the author, E.L. James, “wrapped it up nicely.” As someone who relishes the simple satisfaction of finishing what she starts, I decided to give Fifty another go.
04/ 11/ 2013
At the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to see Robert Farris Thompson speak
Easter egg hunt!
Good one Yogi tea
