Category: 2017
Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sally Krawcheck
Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sally Krawcheck A new kind of career playbook for a new era of feminism, offering women a new set of rules for professional success: one that plays to their strengths and builds on the power they already have. Weren’t women supposed to have “arrived”? Perhaps…
A Fine Memoir: A Fine Romance by Candice Bergen
A Fine Memoir: A Fine Romance by Candice Bergen At its core, Candice Bergen relates her romance with late husband Louis Malle and her daughter’s life in A Fine Romance. She talks about being an independent woman who falls in love with an equally independent man and the challenges of their lives on separate continents…
Where’s my Room? Food Wars Vol 2
Where’s my Room? Food Wars Vol 2 Soma finds himself relegated to the farthest dorm on Campus (Polaris) in Food Wars Vol 2. The dormitory is run by an elderly woman (best described in the book, itself, as a crone) who challenges him to cooking something for her. As he had not been told about…
Survivor: Star Wars Ahsoka by EK Johnston
Survivor: Star Wars Ahsoka by EK Johnston Ahsoka lands on a remote moon called Raada after the devastating events of Order 66. She is in hiding, as being a Jedi is risky in these times. She befriends a young woman and the woman’s friends and she begins helping with technical repairs–all part of a way…
It’s Monday, What are you Reading?
Each Monday, The Book Date asks what we’re reading… Please visit the site to link up your current list and hold yourself accountable. Also, you can visit some great blogs who are also doing this meme… It’s pretty awesome. This week, I am putting my nose to the grindstone and hoping to read 6 books. Last week,…
Top Chef, Manga-Style: Food Wars Vol 1
Top Chef, Manga-Style: Food Wars Vol 1 Soma is part of his family’s small restaurant–a hole in the wall. While he and his father have a little bit of a competitive relationship, especially when it relates to cooking, his father enrolls Soma in an elite cooking school. The school has stringent standards, and only a…