Hello sweet friends!
I hope this Sunday proves to be a restful cure to bleary eyes and weary backs. That’s what I’m hoping for myself and I’ll just pass those hopes on to you. It’s a short list today, but I promise this week will have some recipe gems and good vibes. There’s more to come. Here’s our Sunday reading for here and now:
โข I first listened to this story on The Daily Podcast (linked in the story as well). Give it a read / listen. It’s very human and gives life to a perspective we might not always see this closely: Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her. Then Her Job Moved To Mexico.
โข In search of perspective with an openness that is important. Inspired By #MeToo, I Talked To A Sexist I Actually Love.
โข File under, Not Surprising At All: The Secretive Family Making Billions From The Opioid Crisis
โข My goodness, honestly: Why Are Prosecutors Putting Innocent Witnesses In Jail?
โข 9 Book About Money That Every Woman Should Read. Getting our dollar bills are important. Not long ago I asked my financial planner friend Jessi to give me the low-down: Pro Tips From A Financial Planner. Don’t talk about it, be about it.
โข Very shortly I’m going to figure out how to make this wreath for myself: Magnolia Leaf Wreath. And in related news, I’ll have a paper flower poinsettia tutorial up on the blog for you after Halloween.
โข An offering for your Autumn Baking List: Pear Crumble Coffee Cake.
โข I’m putting together a more comprehensive schedule of events for workshops and classes at The Bakehouse! Find the schedule here! This weekend we had a pretzel making adventure (see photo evidence above). And! There will be more classes for this holiday season added soon! Also, follow along with the adventures on Instagram: @thebakehousenola. Hope you’ll come play!
โข What’s on your reading list right now? This is a cry for help.
โข Excuse me while I shut out the world and sit on the couch in this sweater for as long as I want.
โข When it comes to cookies, it literally doesn’t get better than these: Milk Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cookies. I remade them just last week and praise-hands there is still dough left in the refrigerator.
Enjoy this day!
I think you’re great.
xo Joy
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Joy, I just finished reading The Righteous Mind. Highly recommended, even if I didn’t agree with all the conclusions he comes to.
Sourdough by Robin Sloan is an adventure in bread-making and finding oneself. I can’t rave about this author enough. His first book Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore is incredible.
The Art of Fielding. I cried when it was over, I was so sorry to say good bye to the characters. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari, too!
Great links as always, Joy! I look forward to this post every Sunday.:)
Currently reading:
What Happened by HIllary Rodham Clinton (Sooooo good!)
Beartown by Fredrik Backman (I started this one on Monday night and I am enjoying it so much. So beautifully written!)
Books I can’t stop recommending:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (The best book I’ve read this year! I read it in 24 hours. I couldnโt stop my hands from shaking while reading certain parts. I cried, I laughed, I felt sick to my stomach, but I mostly, I felt angry.This is a story that desperately needed to be told and Thomas tells it with such honesty, intelligence, courage, clarity, passion, and wit. This should be required reading for every human. )
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston (I flew through this YA novel in two days. This story will stay with me.)
Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
Happy reading!
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, for the naturalist and perfectionist in all of us. It’s a good one. :)
Reading list:
My Glory Was I Had Such Friends
The Bright Hour
Priestdaddy
Not particularly light reading, but I always think about you when the weather gets cooler because you once posted a winter reading list and said in winter you like to destroy yourself. Me too!
I’m reading Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter from your recommendation. It is a great book!
The Sign by Raymond Khoury is my all-time favourite book. :)
Our book club just finished A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. It was universally loved.
Hi Kristen!
I am currently reading and loving Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Highly recommend if you haven’t read it.
I’m almost finished with 1Q84–excellent! And for humor, I like Jasper Fford’s Thursday Next series.
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund–a brilliant first novel that is both a thriller and coming-of-age story.
Clear your schedule before you begin. No joke.
I’ve now read Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel twice and it was just as epic and thrilling as a reread. Another recommendation based on rereadability: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Also: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, and my favorite Margaret Atwood is Cat’s Eye
I’m in the middle of a really good food memoir- “The Comfort Food Diaries” by Emily Nunn. Food writer goes on a self-healing, edible journey after a breakdown. Recipes included!
I’m a New Orleanian too and I’m reading The Moviegoer by Walker Percy for the first time. I am kicking myself for not reading it sooner. Pick it up, I know you’ll freak out over it!
I’ve been recommending “Euphoria” to all of my friends lately: historical fiction, inspiring lady adventurer, love triangle, yet with lots of nuggets to keep thinking about. Also randomly my book club is reading “Murder on the Orient Express”– good escapism as is needed of late.