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• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week: Nerd Edition

  

  Good morning blog friends!  Hope you all had a relaxing weekend and are energized to start your week.  I’m back to working 7  days a week which pretty much make... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week: All Those Books I Keep Putting off and Need to Start

  

  Here’s a list of what I’ve added to my “to-read” list this week, and I think you should too!The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: I have to admit I have a... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 BOOKS

• “There Are Many Things That Can Keep You in a Relationshi...

  “There are many things that can keep you in a relationship,” I say. “Fear of being alone. Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oh Adolescence, How I’ve Missed You. Review of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in...

  

  Holden Caulfield is having a tough time with life. He’s been kicked out of yet another school and doesn’t want to face his parents, yet also doesn’t really... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “I Am Always Amazed by People Who Know Something is Wrong...

  “I am always amazed by people who know something is wrong but still insist on ignoring it, as if that will somehow make it go away. They spare themselves the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “If There’s One Thing I’ve Learned, It’s This: We All Wan...

  “If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: We all want everything to be okay. We don’t even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week: “Big Book” Edition

  

  Good morning fellow bloggers!  Today is one of my last days off before starting the full-time (but sadly temporary) teaching job and I’m trying to get a lot don... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week: Vampires, Lemons, Love, and Everything in Between

  

  Here are the books I’ve added to my to-read list this week and you should too!The Best of Everything Rona Jaffe: With a “Sex and the City”-esque feel this book... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “…there is a God, There Always Has Been. I See Him Here, ...

  “…there is a God, there always has been. I see him here, in the eyes of the people in this [hospital] corridor of desperation. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Romeo and Juliet Meets the War of East and West, Review of Marius Hancu’s...

  

  **I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review**Simon is a professional photographer whose pictures have gotten him noticed... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 BOOKS, SELF EXPRESSION

• “I Wondered If That Was How Forgiveness Budded; Not with ...

  “I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week: Presidents Day Edition and a Life Revelation

  

  Good Morning BlogFollowers!  I’ve got to go in to work at the department store that will remain nameless  for the big Presidents’ Day Sale.  Otherwise I would... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week: This Week’s Picks Focus on Sex, Intrigue, Prep School,...

  

  Here are the books I’ve added to my “to-read” list this week, and I think you should too!Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher This young adult book is a little... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pain is Meant to Be Felt: Review of John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars”

  

  Hazel is dying of cancer, but that revelation is hardly news to her. In fact, she would have been dead years ago if a new, experimental cancer drug hadn’t chose... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Middle of the Week Update

  

  I’m running a little late for work today so the post will be a little shorter than usual but I also don’t have a whole lot to say so I guess it all works out. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week

  

  Good morning fellow bloggers!  Hope you have high hopes for your week.  I’m hoping for the best, although the fact that Lent starts Wednesday means there’s a... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week

  

  Lottery by Patricia Wood No, not *that* lottery. In this story main character and developmentally disabled Perry Crandall wins the lottery. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “I Wore It, This Careless Thing You Don’t Even Remember g...

  “I wore it, this careless thing you don’t even remember giving to me from your bag. It wasn’t a gift, this thing I’m returning. It was barely a gesture, almost... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Happens When Our Body Dies: Review of Mary Roach’s “Stiff”

  

  I normally don’t go for non-fiction books but I’m trying to turn over a new leaf for the new year so I thought I’d start out with a non-fiction book that... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 BOOKS

• Middle of the Week Update

  

  I have to admit this week’s progress update is pretty slim,  I guess I just haven’t been feeling all that productive lately.  On the upside, however, my linen... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION