❤️❤️❤️💔 Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls is a collection of David Sedaris’ rapier sharp, and darkly funny essays. In typical Sedaris style, he draws heavily on his life with his husband Hugh, and his nuclear family, including 4 sisters, 1 brother, 2 parents and 1 Greek Yaya, growing up. His essays are not funny simply…

MacLeod’s Vancouver – if you replace the cantankerous, filthy Bernard Black, with a knowledgeable gentleman, as owner/operator, MacLeod’s on the corner of Richards St and Pender St in Vancouver, could be a stand in for Black Books. With books stacked floor to ceiling, literally, MacLeod’s is a book lover a paradise.  #macleods #vancouver #beautifulbc #richards…

❤️❤️💔 Judy Blume is famous for her children’s book, which makes sense, as she has only written 4 adult books, and it had been two decades since her bestseller Summer Sisters. In the Unlikely Event is Blume’s historical novel about 3 planes crashes within 3 months in Elizabeth, NJ in the 1950s. Blume lived through…

 ❤️❤️❤️  HRC (Hillary Rodham Clinton) is Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen’s extensive research of Clinton’s rise to power Secretary of State and ultimately to the beginning of her second run at the presidency. Discussing her personal strengths, HRC is clearly aimed at Clinton’s fans. While there is more balanced reporting with regard to her personality,…

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body” – Joseph Addison & Richard Steele It is important to exercise every part of our bodies, including our minds. Ignorance may be bliss, but it is certainly not healthy.  #bookbag #readinglife #bibliophile #reading #readingistothemindwhatexerciseistothebody #josephaddison #richardsteele #kalidesautelsreads 

❤️❤️❤️💔 Today, many of us base our thoughts of Mary Poppins on Disney’s beloved version, starring Julie Andrews in the titular role. PL Travers, however, did NOT originally imagine her in this way. Yes, she flew into children’s lives with her parrot handled umbrella, and true, she fixed the family by saving the parents from…

❤️❤️❤️💔 Daphne du Maurier’s gothic novel Rebecca has never been out of print since its publication in 1938, and upon reading it, it is easy to understand it’s longevity. The novel covers the seemingly innocuous marriage between the unnamed narrator and Maxim De Winter. The narrator becomes the 2nd Mrs. De Winter, moving into Manderley,…

❤️❤️❤️💔 Pearl S. Buck is a Nobel prize winning author, and reading The Good Earth makes it clear why this is. Following the story of the family of Wang Lung, a poor farmer, who dreams of one day owning land, his own, and more, The Good Earth introduces the reader to pre-revolutionary China. As the…

Beautiful books! A new shelf for old books!! :)#shelfiesunday #shelfie #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookclubofinstagram #reading #read #kalidesautelsreads

Created my very own Sherlock shelf! I love it!! #sherlock #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes #johnwatson #bookshelfdecor #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #reading #kalidesautelsreads