

Secrets, Lies, and Meglomania
A friend recommended BAD BLOOD: SECRETS AND LIES IN A SILICON VALLEY STARTUP, by John Carreyrou, to me and my husband the other day. My husband then wanted the print version and I wanted to walk around the streets of Brooklyn listening to the audio version, so we splurged and got both. By “we,” I mean “I”—he learned about the audiobook long after the money was spent. (I spend way too much on books. With that said, I spend very little on shoes and tank tops and dresses.) (I lo

Our Inaugural Book Recommendation
I'm here with our inaugural recommendation for this blog: ATOMIC HABITS: AN EASY & PROVEN WAY TO BUILD GOOD HABITS & BREAK BAD ONES, by James Clear. If I'm going to be finishing the middle-grade novel I'm currently writing on my own AND collaborating on a middle grade novel with fellow children's book author Marcie Colleen (it's in the works!) AND sending out this newsletter AND fretting (and fretting and fretting) about the state of the world today AND trying to improve it--