Random 9: Great Books

A roundup of a few of my favorite books of all time.


(Clockwise from top left: Bluebeard/Kurt Vonnegut, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close/Jonathan Safran-Foer, You Shall Know Our Velocity/Dave Eggars, Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World/Haruki Murakami, Housekeeping/Marilynne Robinson, The Gravedigger's Daughter/Joyce Carol Oats, Light in August/William Faulkner, Snow/Orhan Pamuk, The Unbearable Lightness Of Being/Milan Kundera)

Random 8: Great Picture Books

A roundup of some of my favorite picture books.  I like to have a few on hand for impromptou gifts for adults and kids alike.

(Clockwise from Top: The Giving Tree/Shel Silverstein, Leonardo The Terrible Monster/Mo Willems, The Runaway Bunny/Margaret Wise Brown, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day/Judith Viorst, 365 Penguins/Jean-Luc Fromental, Olivia/Ian Falconer, Where the Wild Things Are/Maurice Sendak, Yertle the Turtle/Dr. Seuss)

Things I Love: Board Games

I should build a Board Game library.  Wouldn't it be fun to just have a shelf full of all these?  I'm admittedly not the coolest kid on the block, but I love parties with friends where we play board games. 

Pretending to be a Stylist

If only I could be this chic, and if only my bank account supported my fashion dreams...

Dress from ModCloth

Sandals from Birkenstock

Earrings from ModCloth

Bag from J Crew

Cardigan from J Crew