I read Where’d You Go Bernadette for book club, too.

And I will say, I am not a chick lit person. I mean I was but I think I read a lot of them at some point and they all started resembling each other so I grew sick of it. (Same thing happened for John Grisham, too) So I wasn’t even sure I wanted to read this book.

And when I started it, I liked it even less.

But then I kept reading it and I couldn’t put it down. I just kept wanting to read more and more. I really liked Bee and Bernadette.

In the end, I am glad I read it.

I read about The Life Organizer in another book I was reading (and for the life of me, I can’t remember which one.) but something about it was compelling immediately and I just bought it.

This is not one of those books you read end to end. It has an intro section that explains some thoughts, the idea behind the life organizer, and how the book is structured. And the rest of it is weekly thoughts, intentions, and questions.

I picked this book up in April and started doing the weekly questions as a way to keep track of my own thoughts and to be more intentional about my life and my weeks.

It’s actually the book that got me back into journaling.

highly recommended.

I picked up Creative Lettering because I’ve constantly been trying to get better about my handwriting and I am definitely interested in lettering. It’s one of the things that I’ve wanted to get better at and not have spent the time on for a few years now.

Sketching was like this for me until I finally sat and took it seriously. I know I have to do the same thing for lettering.

The artists in this book are a great start. There is such a wide variety and range that it’s great to look through and explore and see what style might be interesting to me and what I might want to explore more and/or use as a starting point.

If you’re interested in lettering, I highly recommend this.

I read A Kiss Before You Go because of Andrea Scher’s blog, too.

I have been a big fan of Danny Gregory and have several of his other books. He even contributed to creative therapy years ago. This one, however, was completely book. It was personal. It is about his grieving after the tragic accident and death of his wife.

It was absolutely magnificent. I highly recommend it.

Really beautiful and sweet and what a tribute to his wife and their marriage.

I read Daring Greatly because I love and adore Brené Brown. I have watched her talks, read all her other books, I even had the privilege to bring her to Google as a speaker. As far as I am concerned, the information and the way she delivers it is exactly what I care about, want to have more in my life and want to focus on. She’s amazing.

And this book was no less so. Since i’ve watched and read everything she’s been a part of, one would assume this book would be moot or repetitive.

Not for me.

I think her messages are things that we need to be reminded of again and again. At least I do.

Definitely recommended.

I read The House of the Spirits also because it was picked for book club.

I had never read Allende before so I figured it was the perfect occasion. This was said to be like Marquez, which I love.

Alas this wasn’t as goos as Marquez, in my opinion. The characters were less likeable and the overall story and tone wasn’t as well-done. But I still liked reading it and am glad I did. Since I have never read anything else by her, I can’t be sure if it’s her best or if her other books are anything like this one.

In the end, the book club decided to pick something else so I made my way through this thick book for nothing. Well, not for nothing, of course. Now I’ve read an Allende.