Literature

I’m one of those people who reads three books at the same time. I’m also a little eccentric about how I read…

The nonfiction self improvement or philosophy books I will listen to on audible usually if they’re narrated by the author. I have a visceral reaction to some people’s reading voices and can only listen to dry content narrated to me- I don’t know why its a pet peeve I had that I wish I could get over. My fiction novel is usually easy reading bedtime escapism and that will be read on my kindle because it don’t have to worry about hoisting the heavy books and pages too and froe when I’m falling asleep. The last book is the physical book that sits on my bedside table and is usually a classic work of fiction right now I have Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein on my bedside table because what is cozier than cuddling up with a cup of tea on a cold winter night and reading about ghosts and monsters.

What I’m reading now:

Audio Book- The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins

Kindle: Outlander-The Fiery Cross by Dianna Gabaldon

Physical Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (preparing for the movie to come out)

Next on my reading list…

Audio Book- All the Way to the River- Elizabeth Gilbert

Kindle- Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney

Physical Book- The Sorrows of Young Werther by Wolfan Von Goethe

2025 Reading List

Non-fiction Audio Books

• The Book of Boundaries- Melissa Urban

• Big Magic- Elizabeth Gilbert

• Daring Greatly- Brene Brown

• Dare to Lead- Brene Brown

• Rising Strong-Brene Brown

• How to win friends and influence people- Dale Carnegie

• The Power of Now- Eckhart Tolle

• The Happiness Hypothesis- Jonathan Haidt

• Meditations-Marcus Aurelius

Fiction ( I’m a sucker for the NY Times best seller and Reese’s Reading list and always curious about what is popular)

• The Summer I Turned Pretty- Jenny Han

• Outlander (Books 1-5) Dianna Gabraldon

• It Ends with Us- Colleen Hoover

• The Secret History- Donna Tart

Art

Music

Work Playlist: Music pleasant, doesn’t distract, peace, calm, helps me to create

A Bed of Flowers-Million Eyes

There Will Be Rain- Million Eyes

Ballerina- Yehezkel Raz

By the Border- Lama House

Luna- David Ross Lawn

Airy-Fairy Heart- Franz Gordon

Aldebran- S.A. Karl

Somewhere in Between- Jacob LaVallee

Perfectly Splendid- The Newton Brothers

The Art Teacher- Franz Gordon

Opera: Repertoire I’m working on

“How beautiful it is” The Turn of the Screw- Benjamin Britten

“La Luce Langue” Macbeth- Guiseppe Verdi

“Black Swan” and “Monica’s Waltz” The Medium- Gian Carlo Menotti

“ Casta Diva”- Norma- Vincenzo Bellini

What I’m jamming out to lately:

Hozier, The Head and the Heart, Bon Iver, Lana Del Rey, Lindsey Stirling, Fleetwood Mac, Melody Gardot, Ben Howard, The Lumineers, Taylor Swift, Father John Misty, Leon Bridges

Film

Favorite Films

Romance/Comedy

Amelie- Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Breakfast At Tiffany’s- Blake Edwards

Midnight in Paris- Woody Allen

Poor Things- Yorgos Lanthimos

The Favourite- Yorgos Lanthimos

Drama/Thriller

Vertigo- Alfred Hitchcock

The Banshees of Inishirin- Martin McDonagh (dramady)

Crimson Peak- Guillermo Del Toro

Dorian Grey- Oliver Parker

On my watchlist:

Hamnet, Wuthering Heights,