My dear readers here is another excellent start to the week.
I know I’ve been a little neglectful of my writing debates (I’m disappointed with your attitude, L.). Things are changing, and I’m starting to blush. Maybe, somehow, it’s not all that difficult, and I’ll manage somehow (here I’m pats myself on my back with seriousness)?
The new job gives me a lot of satisfaction.
However, it takes time away from my old routines. I am still learning to organise my time, and I miss the freedom that meant a lot of reading and more energy to practice yoga. Starting to pick up the pieces of my free time again is like putting the puzzles in different ways. At the same time, learning to work with people again, which is helping to develop in me a kind of humility and acceptance of my limitations, offering me a lot of opportunities and a sense of satisfaction (I’m starting to consider, seriously, that im not that gawky, after all). One change in my approach to new people I meet is to trust their intentions, with a certain amount of caution.
So let’s hope that I will improve in this field and get some tiny bits of time to return to my stack of books with new energy and lightness of spirit that im hoping for.
That’s why my absolutely amazing Kobo has increased his attempts to tempt me, but also I got some second-hand books with a keen sense of longing for them to appear in my life (reason – limited time to quietly and patiently sink between the shelves at my favourite second-hand shops…. damn it).
Hamlet’s dilemmas are a cinch next to this (no offence, Shakespeare…).
Let’s get back to the most important part of this post. My new (used obviously, dah…) books. Enjoy!
“Her new colleague is about to shake things up…
Having turned to work for solace ever since her love life came crashing down, Edie’s career means everything to her. So she does not welcome the arrival of co-worker Cameron – he’s a chauvinist, a womaniser, and the very opposite of a team player. Worst of all, everyone except her loves him.
When a best-forgotten ex gets back in touch, Edie’s world of work is set on a collision course with her personal life. It seems Cameron is possibly not the bad guy Edie thought him to be, but when the things she likes best about her job are turned on their head, she’s left utterly confused. Edie needs to decide where her priorities really lie, and whether Cameron is truly her enemy – or something else altogether.
A feel-good romance full of heart, laughs, and misunderstandings.”
“The trouble with secrets is that you can’t guess what the consequences will be…
Lainey has lost everything. Luckily one little fib (OK, quite a big fib) helps nail her dream job. Soon she’s living in a stunning house by the sea, fending off obsessed fans for a retired – if far-from-retiring – actor and organising his charming but chaotic family. It’s definitely worth the challenge of keeping her secret.
At least Lainey isn’t looking for love. It’s time for a break from all that. And yet… Seth, the actor’s grandson, really is rather attractive. There’s growing chemistry and a definite connection between them. But how would he react if he knew she hadn’t been honest with him? Lainey’s not the only one with a secret, though. Seth has one of his own. And everything’s about to start unravelling
The joy of Jill’s novels”
“When we Chinese girls listened to the adults talking-story, we learned that we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves We could be heroines, swordswomen.
Throughout her childhood, Maxine Hong Kingston listened to her mother’s mesmerizing tales of a China where girls are worthless, tradition is exalted and only a strong, wily woman can scratch her way upwards. Growing up in a changing America, surrounded by Chinese myth and memory, this is her story of two cultures and one trenchant, lyrical journey into womanhood. Complex and beautiful, angry and adoring, The Woman Warrior is a seminal piece of writing about emigration and identity. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1976 and is widely hailed as a feminist classic.”
a heartwarming everyday tale of boy stalks girl…
“DANNY WALLACE
is a writer and presenter who wears glasses. His first solo book, Join Me, was described as a ‘word-of-mouth phenomenon’ by The Bookseller and ‘one of the funniest stories you will ever read’ by the Daily Mail. His second book, Yes Man – in which he decided to say Yes’ to everything – was a hugely successful film in 2008 with Jim Carrey in the lead role. Danny’s books have sold more than soo,ooo copies in the UK alone. His regular column in ShortList magazine reaches over 1.3 million readers weekly and he was voted PPA’s Columnist of the Year 2on. Danny has recently taken over as the full-time host of the XFM Breakfast Show.”
A biography of the world’s most famous equation by David Bodanis
“In 1905, Albert Einstein produced five historic papers that shattered many cherished scientific beliefs. One of those papers introduced the theory of special relativity and his legendary equation, E=mc².
In this fascinating biography, David Bodanis tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history, plotting the course of the equation through the twentieth century, showing how our lives have been revolutionized by its applications, and looking far ahead to the future. But, as with any biography, it is the human stories that really ignite the subject – stories of love, courage and tragedy, of near misses, disappointments and disasters that, brought together in this remarkable book, turn Einstein’s seemingly impenetrable theory into a dramatic and accessible human achievement.”
“Food was not just a huge part of my life; it basically was my life. Food at once grounded me and took me to other places. It comforted me and challenged me. It allowed me to express my love for the people I love and make connections with new people I might come to love. Before Stanley Tucci became a household name with The Devil Wears Prada, The Hunger Games and the perfect Negroni, he grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the table. Taste is a captivating reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about growing up in Westchester, New York, preparing for and filming the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia, falling in love over dinner, and teaming up with his wife to create conversation-starting meals for their children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burnt dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last.”
“From Blackadder to Call the Midwife, from PG Tips to Harry Potter, BAFTA-winning actress Miriam Margolyes OBE is our favourite (and naughtiest) national treasure. This Much Is True is her extraordinary life story.”
“WHY NOT ME?
Mindy Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it’s falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you’re constantly reminded that nom looks like you.
In the chapter “How to Look Spectacular”, she reveals her tongue-in-cheek solutions for guaranteed on-camera beauty; “Player” tells the story of Mindy being seduced, then dumped, by a female friend in LA, and in “Soup Snakes”, she spills some secrets on her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and close friend, B. J. Novak. Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the celebrations of her second coming-of age into this laugh-out-loud book, to which anyone who’s ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate. And those who’ve never been at a turning point can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper.”
“This new collection from the prize-winning author of The Big Music and The Boy and the Sea offers a candid examination of infidelity in all its guises. These are tales of lust, deceit, resentment and regret – and of the secrets and lies that can dilute, line by line, moment to moment, the full strength of human relationships. In a series of interwoven dramas, we find mothers yearning for adventure, for the exhilaration of the open road or the anonymity of the forest; fathers absent in body or mind; husbands who look the other way; complacency turned to spite and apathy turned to betrayal. At the same time Gunn pursues the glorious rush of a snap decision, the liberty of answering that siren call of a better life elsewhere. Written with Gunn’s trademark attention to nuances of behaviour, motive and landscape, Infidelities is a temptingly beautiful work that asks ‘What if?’ – and dares to find out.”
“There is a great deal at stake in the arguments for and against religion. Both sides have vied passionately to defend long-held beliefs and profound convictions. The God Argument is the first book to examine thoroughly and calmly all the arguments offered in support of religious belief, in full awareness of the reasons people have for subscribing to religion. It does not simply offer arguments against God, but also strives for a positive alternative.
In this persuasive assertion of the humanist outlook, A. C. Grayling outlines a view of the world and a foundation for morality that liberates us from the ancient power structures of religion.”
Yours L.
another pile of books 
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