Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman

Native Son  - Richard Wright

What Alice Forgot - Lian Moriarity

Own the Day, Own Your Life - Aubrey Marcus

Countdown 1945 - Chris Wallace

Literary Quotables

As I read, if I find an interesting quote, a beautiful sentence, or simply something that strikes the right chord in me at that precise moment in time, I jot it down on a Post-It and then tuck it inside the front cover of my daily planner. Today, I realized I have so many Post-Its I can no longer make senese of them. Therefore, this feels like the appropriate place to curate them. 

"There's something very human about taking something great and ruining it just a little so you can have more of it."

"Two people don't grow apart, they let go."

"You gain knowledge through suffering."

"It will stay in your face until you handle it with grace.

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

"Most wars are won or lost in our own heads."

"A true leader stays exhausted, abhors arrogance, and never looks down on the weakest link."

Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins


Facing the mind-numbing prospect of running my first marathon since 2010 next summer, I've been on the hunt for books to fill my inspirational tank so-to-speak. Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins, filled it full to overflowing in one fail swoop. If you need a bit of a "come to Jesus" with yourself and your self-imposed limitations, for any reason, be it an athletic pursuit or not, this book needs to be on your "To Read List" a.s.a.p.

June-November 2019

So the summer and most of the fall sorta got away from me. Time to update my reading log! Want to know more about a particular title, let me know!

The Elephant in the Room: one fat man's quest to get smaller in a growing America by Tommy Tomlinson (NF)

The Five Love Languages (NF)

Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holliday (NF)

In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Historical Fiction)

Damnation Island: poor, sick, mad, and criminal in 19th century New York by Stacy Horn (NF)

I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alkirikna & Martin Gahnda (NF)

Taking Flight by Michaela DePrince (NF)

Elinor Oliphant is Perfectly Fine

The Library Book

The Great Believers

Dream Hoarders: how the American Upper Middle Class...  by Richard Reeves

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (YA FIC)

Lilac Girls by Martha Kelly Hall (FIC)

Everyday Millionaire by Chris Hogan (NF)

Talk to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (NF)

Heartland: a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on earth by Sarah Smarsh (NF)

Memory Man by David Baldacci (FIC)

Maybe It's You by Lauren Handel Zander (NF)

Maid by Stephanie Land (NF)

Between the Lines by Nicki Grimes (YA FIC)

One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus (YA FIC)

Running: a love story by Jen A. Miller (NF)

May-June 2019

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey (NF/Self-Improvement)

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry (NF/Crime/History)

The First 20 Mintues: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, and Live Longer by Gretchen Reynolds (NF/Exercise Science)

It's Great to Suck at Something by Karen Rinaldi (NF/Self-Improvement)

The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard (NF/Historical Narrative/WWII)

Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly (NF/Historical Narrative/WWII)

On Trails: an Exploration by Robert Moor (NF/Science/History)

February-April 2019

The Serpent King  by Jeff Zentner (YA/Rosie/Battle of the Books)
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina (YA/Rosie/Battle of the Books)
Hunger: a memoir of my body by Roxann Gay (NF - Memoir)
Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds (YA/Rosie/Battle of the Books)
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown (NF - Self-Help)
Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders by Daniel Grann (NF-Crime)
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Tech by Adam Alter (NF-Tech/Social Behavior)
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport (NF-Tech/Social Behavior)
The Point of It All: a Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors by Charles Krauthammer (NF-Biography)
Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude by Raymond Kethledge (NF-Self-Help)
Reclaiming Conversation: the Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle (NF-Tech/Social Behavior)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra (Adult Fiction)
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr (NF-Tech/Social Behavior)

January 2019

Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th Century New York by Stacy Horn (NF)

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k by Mark Manson (NF)

You Are a Bada** by Jen Sincero (NF)

The Next American City by Mick Cornett (NF)

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (F)