by envisionmg | Feb 1, 2019 | What The Director Is Reading
I’m reading How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery. It’s a memoir told through experiences with 13 different animals that impacted Montgomery’s life. Montgomery is best known for The Soul of an Octopus, which is on my TBR. ~ Alex...
by envisionmg | Jan 28, 2019 | What The Director Is Reading
I’m rereading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, which is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi books. It follows a character who isn’t able to discern gender and so the narrative doesn’t give many clues to the genders of the characters. At first this is...
by envisionmg | Jan 28, 2019 | What The Director Is Reading
I’m rereading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, which is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi books. It follows a character who isn’t able to discern gender and so the narrative doesn’t give many clues to the genders of the characters. At first this is...
by envisionmg | Dec 3, 2018 | What The Director Is Reading
I just listened to Good Clean Fun by Nick Offerman, which is a memoir? a how-to-book? a satire? After enjoying Ruth Reichl’s My Kitchen Year (a cookbook? a memoir? a tell-all?), I thought I’d give this a try, but it wasn’t really for me. I’m...
by envisionmg | Nov 16, 2018 | What The Director Is Reading
I’m almost done with When by Daniel H. Pink, which is about effective timing. Certain types of work are more effective at certain times of day. Being aware of this face and of our individual “chronotypes” (per wikipedia: “a chronotype is the...
by envisionmg | Nov 16, 2018 | What The Director Is Reading
I’m almost done with When by Daniel H. Pink, which is about effective timing. Certain types of work are more effective at certain times of day. Being aware of this face and of our individual “chronotypes” (per wikipedia: “a chronotype is the...