General Non-Fiction

I admit it, I’m a prompted journal nerd. I love sitting down with a journal and pencil or pen, or a puzzle book, or a planner. There’s something about that quiet reflection time that I just love, even as much as …

For the past several years, I’ve been battling anxiety. I don’t have a hard time talking about it, because I think it’s really important to openly talk about mental illness. That’s why I picked up this important book! On Edge: …

I’ve been really into personal finance lately (See my review of The Simple Path to Wealth). I started with creating a budget and then slowly worked my way up to tackling my 401(k) and opening a Roth IRA. Not sure …

As I noted in my last Review Roundup, it can be difficult to write a full fledged book review for every book you read. For me, writing a short Goodreads’ review can be just enough. Because my last post was …

Why: There are two mottos that I live by; “Simple things amuse simple people” and “What fun would the world be if everyone were normal?” Sure The Golden Rule comes into play occasionally and other bits of wisdom are thrown …

Listen up, science lovers. This one’s for you! This book is pretty dang awesome. It talks about REALLY complicated scientific ideas, but makes them understandable. Yes, sometimes I still felt in above my head, but the things I learned from …

This book was life changing, and I do not say that lightly. I come from a middle class family and I know how important it is to save money and pay off my credit card bill every month. But that …

I’ve been meaning to read The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown since it came out in 2013. My students have been loving both the young …

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has long been criticized for being pretentious and elitist with a touch of sexism. But it has also been praised and continues to be praised as one of the most significant publications in history. Dictionaries …

When I saw this book on the summer list of TLC Book Tours, I immediately wanted to check it out. I used to be a workout runner before I was diagnosed with lupus, so running culture is really interesting to me. …