THE SUN ALSO RISES

Write drunk

Edit sober.

Ernest Hemingway

My aim is to put on paper

What I see

What I feel in the best and simplest way.

There is no friend as

loyal as a book.

All three quotes by Ernest Hemingway,

I set my mind to reading at least five classic books in a year. It was with no doubt I would start with Ernest.  I thought of F Scott Fitzgerald because in as much as I have watched “The great Gatsby”, I am yet to read the book. Which I hear is phenomenal!!!

Ernest and I had a rough start. His style of writing is completely different from what I have read before. I fall in love with descriptive authors. Ernest is not. He is short and very unpredictable. I finally warmed up to him after a month and a half.  Guess the Sun rose and caught up with me,

I now have an appreciation to his style of writing. He dint have me at Hello, but not all relationships start out that way,

The book is a gem. If you have an appreciation for beautiful prose. Grab this book.

GONE GIRL

From my Instagram: Reads and accessories  

On my previous post, I indicated that I was reading the 48 LAWS OF POWER by Robert Green.

I find that book so deep that after a couple of chapters, I pause and reflect, then back at it the next day. It's like a good, juicy, steak that should be savored.

I usually try to finish a book once I get started on it but for my trip to Jamaica, I decided to grab GONE GIRL by GILLIAN FLYNN which was to be my next read. I figured I could always go back to ROB GREEN'S book.

GONE GIRL is a book I grabbed on a whim while shopping for groceries. I had seen it at the airport early this year on the best selling section. After reading the back, I put it down albeit the amazing reviews... ugghh thriller!!! Who wants to read a thriller?

Then I consistently kept seeing it at the grocery store, Barnes and Noble, the little deli right around the corner from my apartment that has books in revolving cagelike stands, even Amazon suggested it a few times. It's like that black book with Red writings kept yelling,

"Pick me!! Choose me!! Grab me!!"

I eventually succumbed to that voice and quickly dropped it in my grocery cart as if I was holding a hot potato. 

So here I am writing about it because it is one AMAZING read!!  I find myself chuckling, then laughing out loud, then grinning like a clown because FLYNN is one talented author. I feel like am right there with NICK AND AMY.... (you have to get this book!) 

On my flight back to Baltimore, I sat on the aisle sit and no sooner had I started flipping the pages than the guy next to me asked me if it was a good read! I started gushing on how awesome it was despite being  half way through. He then told me he should have bought it at the  aiport bookstore but he passed it up.

At the back of my mind am thinking, that happend to me too, but I neglected to relay that part.

He is bound to see it a few more times, then end up dropping it in the grocery bag (may be it's a FLYNN thing, who knows). He goes on ahead and tells me that they are making a movie out of it!!! ANND BEN AFFLECK takes on NICK'S character.

Well! well!! well!! Now ain't that interesting news?

Back home, a quick google search and boom, movie comes out October 3rd, staring the said Ben Affleck. Oh!! Tyler Perry is a cast member as well. The plot is beautifully written, the characters are well developed, and its no wonder they made it into a movie.

Now am off to finish GONE GIRL, then get back to the 48 LAWS OF POWER...

Have you read GONE GIRL? Thoughts...

GOOD READS!!

   There is nothing that calms me like reading a good book. I have been an avid reader for a very long time and even today, I always have a book  on my phone (thanks kindle app), in my bag, or on my night stand. The picture above shows most of my fashion reads but I'm also a huge fan of fiction, books on business, current affairs, biographies, the list is endless. One of my fave Sunday shows is Fareed Zakaria's GPS on CNN. He has a segment where he shares his books of the week. His recommendations are usually spot on and who wouldn't want to know more on global affairs?

    In the past, I'd find myself buying books but not reading them at all. Time would be spent on social media going through twitter, checking out pictures on Instagram, and chatting with friends on Facebook then have my books stacked somewhere on a corner.

By the end of last year, I had at least thirteen books waiting on me. Something had to give. I decided to put my phone away and start reading a couple of chapters a day in efforts to clear my stack of books. So far things have been going great my stack is becoming smaller and smaller… Yay!!!

When I was writing this post, I happened to stumble on this video. It already has over 38 million views.. Check it out. 

I like social media. It enables us to connect. I have met amazing, smart people, but sometimes we need to LOOK UP, and enjoy our surroundings. Read a book, talk to your friends face to face, learn something new, live life.

I am currently reading the 48 LAWS OF POWER by ROBERT GREEN. I will give you more info on my next post.

What are you currently reading?