Currently In B's Nightstand
Ever since I was little I’ve been obsessed with reading and I am so glad. My first all-nighter ever was when I was around 12 maybe and it wasn’t hanging out with friends at a sleepover, but instead alone in my room trying to finish a book I had started just the previous day. I’ll never forget I went to sleep at 7:13am. I’ll admit, most of the books I’ve read are “chic-lit” but even so, I’ll never forget the feeling they game me. Books have always totally consumed me even if they were simple, silly, beach-read-type books. I remember taking my current book to school and trying to read as much as I could in the three minutes we had between classes. Although I always preferred physical copies, the reason I got Kindle and have so many books in it was because I would finish a book and feel so empty that I would need another one or the sequel immediately.
Unfortunately, with the rise of Netflix and growing older and busier, I stopped reading. Instead of spending hours glued to a book, it would be a TV series. I would be tired and want to relax and watching shows just required less effort. My obsession never left, I still kept adding tons of books to my Amazon wishlist (currently have over 70) and buying books, but I never got around to reading them which made it worse. Thankfully, since I’ve been in Paris I finally got back to reading and I feel so much better and happy! I take the metro to school every day and it takes me about half an hour so that has become my time of the day where I just sit down and read since I can’t use my phone anyways and I look forward to it everyday! I love that now I have a set time for reading each day and I actually progress and finish books much easier. Since I started doing that I’ve already finished two books, My Paris Dream & Never Let Me Go, which I’ll post up reviews soon.
As I mentioned, I have a book wishlist of over 70 books (and even more back home) so I decided to start a little series where I update you guys on what I’m reading and what I’m craving to read next. Obviously I have many more books pending and my mood may change but I thought this was a good, varied list for now!
B's Currently Reading:
The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1922)
It is the story of Anthony Patch who because of the expectation of inheriting a large fortune from his grandfather is unmotivated to work and floats through various vocations. Anthony seeks escape from his unmotivated life through socializing and an increasing alcoholism. He is in love with Gloria Gilbert...read more.
Pending:
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (2013)
My mom was obsessed with this book and I've been dying to read it!
Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend... tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. Read more.
You'll Grow Out Of It by Jessi Klein (2016)
In YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT, Klein offers-through an incisive collection of real-life stories-a relentlessly funny yet poignant take on a variety of topics she has experienced along her strange journey to womanhood and beyond. Read more.
Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks (2017)
A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike. Read more.
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume (2015)
Judy Blume takes us back to the 1950s and introduces us to the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, where she herself grew up. Here she imagines and weaves together a vivid portrait of three generations of families, friends, and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed during one winter. Read more.
L.A. Woman by Eve Babitz (1982)
L.A. Woman is quintessential Babitz, the story of Sophie, a twenty-something blonde Jim Morrison groupie gliding through a golden existence in L.A. and Lola, a German immigrant who settles in Hollywood... Read more.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays by Joan Didion (1968)
The first nonfiction work by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era, Joan Didion'sSlouching Towards Bethlehem remains, decades after its first publication, the essential portrait of America―particularly California―in the sixties. Read more.
The Clasp by Sloane Crosley (2015)
Kezia, Nathaniel, and Victor are reunited at the extravagant wedding of a college friend. Now at the tail end of their twenties, they arrive absorbed in their own lives, but soon slip back into old roles: Victor loves Kezia. Kezia loves Nathaniel. Nathaniel loves Nathaniel. Read more.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (2011)
Human history has been shaped by three major revolutions: the Cognitive Revolution, the Agricultural Revolution, and the Scientific Revolution. These revolutions have empowered humans to do something no other form of life has done, which is to create and connect around ideas that do not physically exist (think religion, capitalism, and politics). Read more.
The Girls by Emma Cline (2016)
Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Read more.
Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill (2012)
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by Clint Hill that Kirkus Reviews called “clear and honest prose free from salaciousness and gossip,” Jackie Kennedy’s personal Secret Service agent details his very close relationship with the First Lady during the four years leading up to and following President John F. Kennedy’s tragic assassination. Read more.
