Space Station Mir

Reading Retrospective on Tara Westover's Educated and Judy Blume's In the Unlikely Event : Life is Not a Thing Unalterable “Life is not a thing unalterable.” –Tara Westover, Educated: A Memoir “Life is a series of unlikely events.” –Judy Blume, In the Unlikely Event *Note: Spoilers for both books ahead* I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated simultaneously with Judy Blume’s semi-autobiographical novel In the Unlikely Event . Both books, especially the latter, surprised me, thrilled me, and filled me with an unexpected medley of emotions. Educated , although it took place in the time I grew up in, could have happened on a different planet. Westover’s childhood in rural Idaho, where she grew up with six older siblings and essentially no school (she was technically homeschooled, but other than learning to read, this doesn’t seem to have figured hugely for her), learning to make herbal medicine and work in a scrapyard, was worlds away from my suburban, Maryland public-schoo...

Usually hosted at Bookishly Boisterous , who is vacationing this week instead! Janeway and Picard, Space Station Mir 1. Insurance forms are such a pain, and it annoys the hell out of me because I'm pretty sure it's on purpose. But, really,why shouldn't you want me to pay you for something I will probably not need or at least not anytime soon? Seriously. Also, I resent that our society has created this need. 2. On a happier note, we adopted another dog! His name is Picard, and he and Janeway are already best friends. 3. For the Fourth of July, I made apple and apricot hand pies with the recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction.   I was pleased with how they turned out, especially the crust, and I will definitely be using the crust again for full-size pies! 4. I recently finished reading Tara Westover's memoir,  Educated, about growing up in rural Idaho with a survivalist Mormon family,   and--Wow. The writing is phenomenal, and her childhood is fascinating. ...