Category Archives: Books

Kate Spade NY: Things We Love Book….SUPER EXCITED!

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I’m SO excited for the Kate Spade New York: Things We Love Book to come out on next week!!! Fashion and accessory porn at it’s finest!!

“within the four walls of kate spade new york, personal style is applauded and cultural curiosity is encouraged. long before the days of pinboards and social sharing, the brand’s in-house creative team began amassing a collection of things we love on their website: a crayon ring, a cocktail doodle, a particularly dreamy photograph.

people began visiting and chiming in with suggestions. now, the things we love have come to life in celebration of the brand’s 20th anniversary. each of the book’s 20 chapters is filled with things we love—from the color red to a well-placed bow to a sense of humor and handwritten notes. part visual diary, part inspirational reference and sprinkled throughout with playful tips and practical advice, things we love is a beautiful compilation that visually represents the spirit of kate spade new york—a place where the colors are bold, smart design is key and fashion is fun.”

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The Library

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Last week was National Library Week. I’ll admit it, I’m really bad about returning library books and always have fines.  I just need to buck up and pay my fines and make the library a more important destination in life. Whenever I go to the library, I always have a great time and find lots of interesting books that I wouldn’t have found on my own. Also, it’s much cheaper than spending $50 on two books at Barnes & Noble. Here are few books on my To Buy list that maybe should be on my Library list.

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All There Is: Love Stories From Story Corp

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Story Corp on NPR is fantastic! The stories they gather are so interesting and told by everyday people. I really want to read Dave Isay’s new book All There Is: Love Stories From Story Corp. It think it would be a great gift to buy for someone you love.

“In All There Is, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay shares stories of love and marriage from the revolutionary oral history project, revealing the many and remarkable journeys that relationships can take.

In stories that carry us from the excitement and anticipation of courtship to the deep connection of lifelong commitment, we discover that love is found in the most unexpected of places—a New York tollbooth, a military base in Iraq, an airport lounge—and learn that the course it takes is as unpredictable as life itself.  As the storytellers in this book start careers, build homes, and raise families, we witness the life-affirming joy of partnership, the comfort of shared sorrows, and profound gratitude in the face of loss.

         These stories are also testament to the heart’s remarkable endurance. In All There Is we encounter love that survives discrimination, illness, poverty, distance—even death. In the courage of people’s passion we are reminded of the strength and resilience of the human spirit.  This powerful collection bares witness to real love, in its many varied forms, enriching our understanding of that most magical feeling.”

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Fantastic Gift Guides: Anthology & Emily Henderson

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If you’re starting your Christmas shopping this weekend….check out these two fantastic Gift Guides. The Winter Gift Guide, by Anthology Magazine and The Holiday Guide, by Emily Henderson. Emily Henderson is from Secrets From A Stylist on HGTV (Love it). I would love to receive any of these gifts…….hint, hint….

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“The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Sloot

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I’m currently reading this amazing book called The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sloot. I can’t put it down it’s fascinating!!!

“From a single, abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And from that same life, and those cells, Rebecca Skloot has fashioned in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a fascinating and moving story of medicine and family, of how life is sustained in laboratories and in memory. Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five in Baltimore, a poor African American migrant from the tobacco farms of Virginia, who died from a cruelly aggressive cancer at the age of 30 in 1951. A sample of her cancerous tissue, taken without her knowledge or consent, as was the custom then, turned out to provide one of the holy grails of mid-century biology: human cells that could survive–even thrive–in the lab. Known as HeLa cells, their stunning potency gave scientists a building block for countless breakthroughs, beginning with the cure for polio. Meanwhile, Henrietta’s family continued to live in poverty and frequently poor health, and their discovery decades later of her unknowing contribution–and her cells’ strange survival–left them full of pride, anger, and suspicion. For a decade, Skloot doggedly but compassionately gathered the threads of these stories, slowly gaining the trust of the family while helping them learn the truth about Henrietta, and with their aid she tells a rich and haunting story that asks the questions, Who owns our bodies? And who carries our memories?” —Tom Nissley

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