Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer
A Wild Ride Through Travel, Rebellion, and Self-Discovery. Some travel books are about the places, others about the people.
February 2025
18 posts
Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything by Steven Levy
A Deep Dive into Apple's Revolution. Few products have reshaped the world quite like Apple's Macintosh. In Insanely Great, Steven Levy takes readers inside the creation, culture, and impact of the Mac.
Hackers: The Heroes of the Computer Revolution – A Historical Perspective
Steven Levy’s Hackers: The Heroes of the Computer Revolution is a foundational text in the history of computing, chronicling the evolution of hacke...
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Few books have inspired as many readers worldwide as The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. First published in 1988, this novel blends philosophy, mysticis...
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Some writing books feel like technical manuals, others like stern lectures. Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life is so...
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Few novels capture the complexity of human ambition, social class, and personal redemption like Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Originally pub...
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Some war novels focus on battles; others focus on the people caught in between. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr does both while weavin...
Adultery by Paulo Coelho
A Deep Dive into Passion, Monotony, and Self-Discovery
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
This was such a precious audiobook and so well made. I can still hear the readers voice in my head and listened to this book on a recent flight and...
Gertrude Stein’s Essay on Writing Masterpieces: A Revolutionary Perspective
Introduction: The Art of Breaking Literary Conventions
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The controversy about this book and Mineko Iwasaki the geisha whom the author had interviewed intrigued me to want to read her autobiography Geisha...
Peace in Every Breath by Thich Nhat Hanh
I recently reread this book on a flight during a family trip. It allowed me to see things from a different perspective and was just the wisdom I wa...
On Writing by Stephen King
Some books about writing are technical manuals, others are deeply personal. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King is a rare fusion of b...
The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan’s The Dragons of Eden isn’t just another book on human intelligence—it’s an interdisciplinary fusion of science, philosophy, and speculative inquiry.
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Albert Camus’ The Stranger (L’Étranger, 1942) is one of the most iconic works of existentialism and absurdist literature. This novel, which follows...
The Weight of Monday and the Wisdom of Birds: A Stream-of-Consciousness Reflection on Creativity and Control
A handwritten meditation on the nature of Mondays, creativity, and the unseen energies behind action. This stream-of-consciousness entry weaves practical reflection with mythic storytelling—culminating in a parable about the value of voice, solitude, and misunderstood wisdom.