DO
– Come to my challah baking class if you live in the Twin Cities! I will have more dates to
share soon. My co-leader, Tzipporah Leah Kalatsky, and I were featured in a gallery spread in Edina Magazine. We have held 14 classes in my kitchen since September 2014. That is A LOT of challah! We’ve added babka to the mix as well.
LISTEN
– I updated the page on my site linking to the podcasts of the radio segments I’m doing with Jordana Green on WCCO (CBS) on Wednesday nights. Last night’s show was especially fun!
READ
– My post last week about “byline chasing fatigue” and a general “meh” feelings about the internet is still going strong. That one really struck a nerve, I guess! I have savored every comment because the conversation has been so satisfying. And my post begot a thought-provoking response from Lindsey Mead on her blog. Read hers and the comments there, too!
– I loved Cheryl Strayed Facebook post about “the scorching holier-than-thou/you’re-for-or-against me positioning so many of us perform on social media . . . ” I have been guilty of that, I’m sure. Her entire (it’s short) status update deserves to be read.
– Dan Kois wrote about Clickhole for Slate. His entire piece does a nice job of explaining the changing face of the internet and how a site like Clickhole (started by writers from The Onion) was inevitable. It was time for a smart group of writers to take on the kind of stuff that goes viral these days, the way that The Onion took on the print news media in a new and refreshing way when it first came on the scene.
BOOKS ON MY NIGHTSTAND!
How’s your summer reading going? My nightstand and Kindle are completely out of control. Here is what’s waiting for me in no particular order. What’s on your short list?*
Safekeeping: A Novel
 by Jessamyn Hope
Family Trees
 by Kerstin March
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
 by Marie Kondo
The Girl on the Train
 by Paula Hawkins
Music for Wartime: Stories
 by Rebecca Makkai
The Clasp: A Novel
 by Sloane Crosley
Book of Numbers: A Novel
 by Joshua Cohen
The State We’re In: Maine Stories
 Ann Beattie
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!Â
Find previous DO LISTEN READ posts here.Â
* Links are affiliate links. So maybe I will earn a penny. Don’t get too excited. A few dimes, tops.
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I loved Girl on a Train and the Tidying up book:). I just finished Cheryl Strayed Dear Sugar book – loved it. Love her FB status – very wise indeed.
Cannot believe we will be talking books in person soon!
I love your Do Listen Read posts. Also loved your piece that spurred my own thinking about what I’m going to do – and BE – as a writer. As you know I’m reading Everything you Ever Wanted by Jillian Lauren and up next is Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts. Off to read the Cheryl Strayed post now. xoxox
I think you will like what she said.
I need to add this to my list of things I want to do, challah or babka both sound amazing!!! And how fun to meet you!
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I would LOVE that! I don’t have new dates set yet, but I’m working on it.
Just added Ann Beattie to my “To-Read” list! Thanks for the recommendation. You had me at “Maine.”
I can’t wait to read it!
I’m reading The Girl on the Train right now. About 1/3 into the book and really enjoying it. So far I like this better than Gone Girl (to which it has been compared) because I feel the characters are more likeable. I’m rooting for them–at least right now. That wasn’t the case for me with Gone Girl.
I’m very curious to hear your take on Sloane Crosley’s novel. I loved her essay collections.
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I’m so curious about the novel. I loved her essays, too. The plot of the novel did not exactly woo me, but I want to see how she handles fiction.
Can I tell you that I would give a whole bakery of challah to meet you in person? I love your recommendations, always.
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I’m so amazed at all the projects you do, from speaking to advice columns… it’s so inspirational 🙂 And thanks for the good reads and links. I’ve had Girl on a Train on my list forever! Probably time to bump it up!
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I listened to The Girl on the Train, but I haven’t read any of the others on your nightstand. My Kindle is full, in preparation for travel and summer: Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont, The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler, The Immortal Life of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer, and Every Day by David Levithan. I have a few not yet published books on hold at the library too. And now you’ve given me some more…
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I’m heading to the cabin this weekend so thank you for some new book ideas! xo
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Loved all this Nina! So many people have told me to watch odd woman out, I’m looking forward to it! I just finished The Vacationers by Emma Straub and loved it! I did laugh put loud a lot so beware when reading in bed. 🙂 loved what you said about meeting blogging friends! In addition to meeting Allie as well, I met two other women I’d met through HerStories Project classes. So great! Looking forward to and we can connect during one of your visits to HP. xo
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I think that show will make you happy that you live in Chicago and not the Upper East Side.