Over the years, we’ve heard so many people complain that the Internet is bad for our children. People aren’t reading enough books anymore, they say. Kids are writing in txt. And I’ve always pretty much thought it was hog wash.
Now there’s some science to back up my feelings. A recent article from LiveScience starts off:

“Widespread [...]

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One of the things that I love about writing on this blog is that I don’t limit myself to a specific topic. Diary of a Smart Chick is just about all of the random things that tend to capture my interest. I think that’s how real people are - we get intrigued by tons of [...]

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I just finished reading a memoir that was a quick read but one that was really interesting. I love memoirs because they give you insight into someone else’s way of life but also tend to provide things that you can relate to in order to make the story feel like your own. That’s exactly the [...]

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I try to read books that cover a diverse range of different topics and styles. Mostly I choose books that are relevant to the topics that I am currently most interested in or most affected by. However, sometimes I find myself picking up books that are not related to anything that I’m doing or dealing [...]

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Just wanted to share that my article on inspiration to try new things (”It’s Never Too Late“) was featured in a terrific blog carnival called “inspiration and motivation“.
If this topic interests you, check out some of the other great articles in the carnival. Topics included:

The law of attraction
Leadership
Creativity
Forgiveness and acceptance in tough situations
Happiness in your life and career
Staying [...]

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Yesterday’s book mention was Love Sick, a memoir about a woman’s struggle with sexual addiction. Today I’m mentioning another book by the same author, Sue William Silverman, although I haven’t actually read the book yet. I learned from one of my email newsletters this morning that she’s just published a memoir writing guide and that [...]

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I have just finished reading a book called Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction which was written by Sue William Silverman. It is the first person story told as a day-by-day account of her four weeks spent as an inpatient in a sex addiction recovery treatment program. Through each day, she reflects upon the [...]

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I recently picked up an interetsing non-fiction book from the library. It’s called The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is As Necessary As Love and Sex. As you can tell from title, it explores the idea that we have to have jealousy in our human lives. This is unique from most views on jealousy since the [...]

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I have been reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and really loving it. It’s the story of a woman who took a year off from her life to travel and self-reflect. I suppose I like it a lot because of my own desire to take a year off like this (which I mentioned yesterday in my [...]

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Not every book here is a book that I would recommend to others. Mostly I think that that’s something that each reader should decide for themselves. These “books of the day” are just descriptions of the books that I’m reading that will hopefully give other people an idea of some books that may interest them.
One [...]

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