It’s time to look at the books I read in March!
Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
★★★★.5
This is a cute love story. It is about Meg, a hand-drawn lettering “artist” who works in a
stationary shop. Her hand-lettering has made her famous and has been dubbed the
“Planner of Park Slope”. Along with making planners and journals, she also makes
custom wedding invitations. She also has another skill: reading “signs” that others
might miss. After meeting with Reid and his fiancee, she “sees” that the marriage is
not going to work. She hides a message, a warning, in the wedding programs. A year
later, Reid has returned to the shop to ask her how she knew that the marriage would
not work (We soon find out that the marriage never actually happened). Meg is
currently covered up with a looming deadline and a bad case of “creative” block so
she doesn’t have time for Reid’s questions. However, she soon has the idea that he
might can help her find the inspiration she needs to get over the block and get the
work completed before the deadline. They soon set out to look for inspiration (signs)
within the city, and eventually begin to open up to each other. Soon, a connection has
formed between the two. I will stop here in order to not spoil the rest. It is probably a
“cheesy” love story but I love it! As a fan of planners and journals, and NYC, and, of
course, a love story, this was right up my alley!
Home by Julie Andrews
★★★★
This is Julie Andrews’ first memoir about her early years of life. It goes into detail about
her parents, her siblings, how she got started in showbiz, and how she thought and
felt about each singing/acting opportunity. While this is not a book I would probably
read again, I did really enjoy reading about one of my favorites actresses. It is fun to
take a look into famous people’s lives. I cannot wait to read her second memoir,
Home Work, which tells about her Hollywood years.
Don’t Overthink It by Anne Bogel
★★★★
At some point in our lives, maybe even daily, we overthink things. Maybe it’s the little
things, maybe it’s the big things. Overthinking is unhealthy, in that it zaps our energy
that we could be using somewhere more useful and helpful, and can lead to a
negative thought spiral. In this book, Anne gives us strategies to help us make quick
but meaningful and purposeful decisions, without using too much mental and,
sometimes, physical energy. On a personal level, this book helped me see the things,
even the smallest of things, that I tend to overthink about, even when I don’t feel like
I’m overthinking.
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