Title: The Hustle Economy
Author: Jason Oberholtzer
Illustrator: Jessica Hagy
Genre: Business; Nonfiction; Self-help
Goodreads Rating: 3.72/ 5 stars
Pages: 224 (Paperback)
Publisher: Running Press
Published: April 5, 2016
Summary: To survive in today's gig economy, you must be a mover, a shaker, a doer, and a maker. In The Hustle Economy, we give you 25 essays from founders, writers, producers, game makers, artists, and creative types from every path who share one common trait--they are all self-made hustlers who have managed to turn their creativity into careers. In this collection you will find essays from: Producer and performer Mike Rugnetta on why "Do what you love" is both the best and worst piece of advice you'll ever receive. Author, television writer, and humorist Emma Koenig on staying focused and productive no matter what life throws at you. Web comic Zach Weinersmith on the equation for success and using your creativity to do what the rest of us won't. Trendspotter Jess Kimball Leslie on identifying your skills and turning it into a successful career. This book exists to inspire and inform. Your creative career is attainable, and we'll show you how to do it and why it's worth it.
As I continue to progress through my college career, I'm beginning to work on turning my dreams and my dream career into plans for my future reality. I want a career, not a job; and I'm lucky enough to be a part of such a revolutionary generation, that is valuing passion and creativity over the "traditional" 9-5 job. So, I'm looking for as much advice and encouragement for success that I can possibly find.
Title: Fates and Furies
Author: Lauren Groff
Genre: Fiction; Contemporary
Goodreads Rating: 3.56/ 5 stars
Pages: 400 (Paperback)
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: September 13, 2016 (Original publication: September 15, 2015)
Summary: Every story has two sides.
Every relationship has two perspectives.
And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets.
At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but behind closed doors, things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed.
Every relationship has two perspectives.
And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets.
At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but behind closed doors, things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed.
Bought this one off the recommendation of a fellow reader.
Title: Eligible
Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Series: The Austen Project #4
Genre: Fiction; Romance; Women's Fiction; Chick Lit; Contemporary; Adult
Goodreads Rating: 3.64/ 5 stars
Pages: 528 (Paperback)
Publisher: Random House
Published: April 18, 2017 (Original publication: April 19, 2016)
Summary: This version of the Bennet family and Mr. Darcy is one that you have and haven't met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray.
Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master's degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won't discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane's fortieth birthday fast approaches.
Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip's friend, neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . . And yet, first impressions can be deceiving.
Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master's degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won't discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane's fortieth birthday fast approaches.
Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip's friend, neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . . And yet, first impressions can be deceiving.
I'm obsessed with all things Pride and Prejudice, so of course I had to pick this up.
Title: Blind Assassin
Author: Margaret Atwood
Genre: Fiction; Historical; Mystery; Cultural: Canada
Goodreads Rating: 3.94/ 5 stars
Pages: 521 (Paperback)
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: August 28, 2001 (Original publication: September 2, 2000)
Summary: The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura's story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind Assassin, it is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. When we return to Iris, it is through a 1947 newspaper article announcing the discovery of a sailboat carrying the dead body of her husband, a distinguished industrialist. Brilliantly weaving together such seemingly disparate elements, Atwood creates a world of astonishing vision and unforgettable impact.
At this point, I'm hoping that I love everything (or just about everything) that Atwood has written.
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