lists

The lovely folks at the Half Price Book Store published an even lovelier list on their blog the other day: 40 Books Every Child Should Read. The books on this list are So Fun. Check ‘em out: The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Love. Animalia! Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs! Had completely forgotten about those two. [...]

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I recently celebrated birthday number thirty-one. How to honor that in a book-geekery appropriate way? Thirty-one reviews for thirty-one years, of course. Because…why not? Here we go, in no particular order. Enjoy! — Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way, by Richard Branson Beyond fascinating. Damn [...]

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Almost every day there is a new book or two that catches my eye. The fault, probably, of the several newsletters and subscriptions of book-related stuffy stuff that land in my inbox every morning. It’s almost too much! Keyword: almost. So, today, this 16th day of April, this thirty-eight and a half weeks into my [...]

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I’m weird because… I’m a homebody. I make a meal out of popcorn at least once a week. I am a terrible snob about my jeans but buy almost all my tops at Target. I’m unnecessarily scared of tornadoes even though I’ve never been in one. I kind of like the melanoma scar I have [...]

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A List of If’s

January 5, 2012

If I wouldn’t have ever suggested it, would they have ever offered me the opportunity? If I hadn’t followed up, would they have forgotten? Would it have ever happened? Did my one email, my one phone call, make a difference? Will my one email, my one phone call, make a difference? If I hadn’t given [...]

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A List

April 25, 2011

So excited

1. I wrote a guest post a couple weeks ago for the lovely blog, HappyVolunteers.com. It’s run by a Twitter friend of mine and celebrates the dedication and love and goofy things about volunteers everywhere. I wrote about my gut. It’s a bit more appealing of a topic than it sounds. Sort of. Here it [...]

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Blog Update: Reading Lists

February 1, 2011

[anniesorensen.com] 2011 Reading List

There are fun things happening behind the scenes here at [anniesorensen.com], and I can’t wait to show you what we’re working on. Until then, I wanted to point out a small thing you might have already noticed – reading lists! As you’ve probably realized from my extreme book geekery, reading and learning new things is [...]

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Book Review: The 4-Hour Body

January 24, 2011

Instead of doing a summary of what I liked and didn’t like about Tim Ferriss’ second book, The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman, I thought I would mix it up a bit. So, here we go: The Top 44 Reasons You Will Love The 4-Hour Body Ahem. [...]

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