Sweetbitter
I loved this book for many of the same reasons I loved Cork Dork. Food and wine aside, however, Sweetbitter is a very different book. It’s a familiar story on the…
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The Big Life
I delete Instagram from my phone at least once a week. It’s never permanent – usually for a few hours, or up to a day. And it’s when I find…
Chemistry
I was terrible in chemistry lab. Theory, I had no problem with. I could explain biochemical reactions and solve physical chemistry problems (with the help of a lot of paper,…
Rich People Problems
Summer vacation, meet the perfect book. (Well, after this one). Rich People Problems, the third in Kevin Kwan’s hilarious series, did not disappoint. I think it’s actually my favorite of…
Red Notice
HOLY. SH!T. That was my only thought while reading Red Notice, Bill Browder’s can’t-believe-this-is-true memoir of his time as an American private equity titan in Russia. More importantly, the book…
Startup
Women characters – in literature and on-screen – are written one of two ways. The first is to make the men look more interesting than they actually are. Women are…
Cork Dork
Pour yourself a glass of wine. What do you see? What do you smell? What do you taste? I see red, smell something smoky, and taste something slightly sweet and…
Exit West
I’ve been a fan of Mohsin Hamid since his debut novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist. I was always curious about his decision to move back to Pakistan and launch his literary…