Tag Archives: Books

literary struggle



bookstruggle
Let me get this out of the way, I freaking LOVE my kindle. No matter how long a book I want to read is, my kindle is always just a few ounces. I have read nearly 100 books on my kindle and I highly HIGHLY recommend it. Also, thank you to my amazing friend Lindsay Barta for giving me this magical gift a few years ago.

kindle e-books however, cost money. Library books do not. The broward county library does have an e-book loan system, but the titles are so sparse and out dated, and even those are checked out but they pretty much have nothing that I actually want to read.

I love reading, it’s probably my number one hobby. (Yes, that’s kind of sad.) These days, our budget is tighter than ever, so what do I do? Not rhetorical here, genuinely, what do I do? Is real books from the library my only option?

What would you do?
xoxo,
Adora

Gone Girl [100 word book review]



Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
All I can say is if you like a book with (several) twists, then this one is for you. If you can’t stand when a character is suddenly not what you expected, and you hate feeling like the rug has been ripped from under you, steer clear of this one. This book had me exclaiming out loud at every twist, and refusing to tell Josh what was happening because he just had to read it himself. Gone Girl has been on the NYT best sellers list for months and I highly recommend it as one of your first fall reads.

xoxo,
Adora

NTC or Bust



Ridiculously early this morning, our whole web department left for our annual Non-profit Technology Conference which, this year, is in Minneapolis. So, we borrowed or thrift-ed winter clothes, which I’ve never owned before and we were on our way. We got into town pretty early and did a little exploring…here are some highlights.

At 5 in the morning there was a train just stopped on the tracks while we were trying to get to the airport... this is 20+ cars all backing up on a street trying to turn around

At 5 in the morning there was a train just stopped on the tracks while we were trying to get to the airport… this is 20+ cars all backing up on a street trying to turn around

We made it on to the plane at 6:30am and ready to go!

We made it on to the plane at 6:30am and ready to go!

View from the plane

View from the plane

Coffee and Kindle in the air

Coffee and Kindle in the air

brie

brie

 

nell

nell

 

starbucks in the airport

starbucks in the airport

 

coffee coffee coffee

coffee coffee coffee

 

no words

no words

 

winter clothes on and freezing in the cab

winter clothes on and freezing in the cab

 

snow!!!

snow!!!

 

i loved the paint on the side of this building

i loved the paint on the side of this building

 

lunch

lunch

 

used books

used books

 

basement of the bookshop

basement of the bookshop

 

City directory it's like this whole city is a mall

City directory it’s like this whole city is a mall

 

Part of huge wall timeline

Part of huge wall timeline

 

A super cute candy shop off of marquette st.

A super cute candy shop off of marquette st.

 

We all tried a chocolate covered potato chip...it was pretty good

We all tried a chocolate covered potato chip…it was pretty good

 

Blogging away back at the hotel. Conference starts tomorrow morning.

Blogging away back at the hotel. Conference starts tomorrow morning.

xoxo,
Adora