During our trip last week, I stashed a few books in my bag while we travelled to our destination. In the past, I haven’t attained enough calm to dive into a book while I am flying, but this past week, I did just that, I enjoyed a couple of reads on my list.
I’d love to hear your reading recommendations. Here is what is currently on my bookshelf:
LaRose by Louise Erdrich
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety by Alan W. Watts
Image: cabin fever by Phillip Kalantzis Cope via Flickr.
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too.
I just read LaRose too. I thought it was phenomenal but heartbreaking.
Thanks for letting me know LaRose resonated with you, Becky. It is next on my list for this month. Have you read The Blue Jay’s Dance? If you love Erdrich, this is a must read.
The Alan W. Watts book seems like a perfect fit in my life. I’m sold.
I believe you will love this book, Tamara. It did make me feel uncomfortable in parts, but also offered a new way to look at anxiety and uncertainty.