April Updates

I'm going to head across the pond next week and I intend to finish a book before I come back.  I had Angela's Ashes recommended to me and, since I am going to Ireland for 10 days, I thought I would read that on the plane.  So check back and see how that goes.

Also, my sister and I had a pretty in depth discussion of the movie, Gone With The Wind, the other day and we decided to read through the book together.  Hopefully this will start in May, one of us will read a chapter and then post, then the other will read the next chapter and post.  We'll comment on each other's entries, hopefully, and encourage anyone who wants to to read along.  Sort of reviving the online book club format I had with my friends a while back.

"Do As I Say..." Webseries

Okay this is not exactly a book and I am changing the point of my blog to write about this.  But, my sister's high school friend, Andrea Schwartz, and her friend, Kim Kalish, are finished the pre-production on their web-series, "Do As I Say..."  Andrea started talking about it at Cinco de Mayo last year and it sounded really interesting.  Three friends, one of them pregnant with their first child, looking back on their early twenties and deciding to do a video advice gift for the baby.  I'm not sure if that is still the premise, but it's still about ladies in their twenties navigating their way through life, love, and professions in New York City.

One of my favorite parts about their website is their profile description

Kim and Andrea met in college where they majored in Theatre with a minor in Unemployment. In New York, they studied improv and sketch comedy with Upright Citizen's Brigade. They spend most of their time watching cat videos on Youtube.

They are lined up with a professional director, camera crew, lights, etc. so I can't wait to see the finished product.  I am very, very excited for them.  I know it's something on which Andrea has worked very hard and I love it when people see their labors rewarded.  It makes me feel like there is some sort of balance to the universe, or a legitimate reason to try for difficult goals.  Even if they don't fully succeed in this endeavor, for some unknown reason, the experience will be invaluable.  If only to know that you tried to reach that. unreachable. star.....wait this is sounding familiar.

I just really want them to succeed, okay?  If I could take everything that is in my heart right now and turn it into felix felicis, I would.  I am so very proud of Andrea for everything that she is doing.  So please consider visiting their website and backing the development of their series.

New Year, New Friends

I have invited a couple of my friends to start posting.  I am hoping that it will bring a little bit of diversity to the blog.  Please let me know if you have any suggestions

Comments Encouraged

Since we're starting off a new year, I thought I might open up the floor to book suggestions.  I'm really looking for a new series to read, though any book is welcome.  Typically, I would pick a fiction book over a non-fiction but I will always make an exception for something interesting.

Is there a book that has really captured your attention?  Something that you just couldn't put down?  Maybe an old favorite you wish people read more often...Let me know and maybe I'll check it out.

K