What I'm Reading

It's been a pretty snowy month already and being snow bound, I've finished 3 books in the last week. Another staff member suggested I read "Nothing to Wear?" by Jesse Garza and Joe Lupo. It says it is a revolutionary method to discover your style type, edit your wardrobe to match, and will help you project your most confident, authentic self. I took the visual therapy style quiz and it appears that my style is Classical/Whimsical - which probably isn't a very good combination. The dominant styles were: Classic, Chic, Whimsical, Bohemian, or Avant-garde or any mix thereof. This book also gives suggestions for cleaning out your closet by asking these questions about each article of clothing in your closet: "Do I love it?", "Is it Flattering", "Does it represent me", "Why don't I reach for it?", and "Where will I "wear it".

I finished Amy Bloom's book "Away: a novel" in about 4 days. For some reason I can't quite put my finger on - I couldn't put the book down. It was a very fast read and it kept my interest piqued to know what was going to happen next. Lillian Leyb travels to America alone, hoping to create a new life for herself after losing her family back in Russia, but when she learns her daughter may be alive, Lillian embarks on a journey that takes her around the world in search of love and redemption. This book has quite a bit of sexual innuendo so it might not be for everyone.

Then I also finished "The book of general ignorance: everything you think you know is wrong" by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson. This is a nonfiction book revealing the truth behind all the things we think we know, but don't. It will leave you dumb-founded about all the misinformation you've managed to collect during your life. Such as: "Where is the driest place on earth?" - you'd probably think the Sahara, but its Antarctica because parts of the continent have seen no rain for two million years. Or, "What's the biggest thing a blue whale can sallow?" A very large mushroom? A small family car? A grapefruit? A Sailor - and the answer is - a grapefruit. The blue whale's throat is almost exactly the size of a salad plate. Or "What's the most dangerous animal that has ever lived?" and the answer is...... the female mosquito. Half the human beings who have ever died, perhaps as many as 45 billion people, have been killed by the female mosquito. The males only bite plants. Now who knew that... not me!

Susan