Weekly Reads: 4.21.14

March is supposed to come in like a lion weather wise, but I’ve been so busy this month, that I’ve decided the statement applies to my calendar and to do list for the beginning of April as well.

During my lunch break, which I haven’t officially taken for two weeks, I‘m reading

The B2B Social Media Book
By Kipp Bodnar & Jeffrey L. Cohen

This book has a lot of great insights for the BSB social media market that I am.

I finished Steve Martin’s An Object of Beauty over the weekend. I absolutely loved it. It was so weird, but so great. I picked up

People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks

What are you reading this week?

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Weekly Reads: 3.31.14

I think I finished about a book and a half in March. A little slow, but I enjoyed what I was reading.

Last week I started two books. During my lunch break I‘m reading

The B2B Social Media Book
By Kipp Bodnar & Jeffrey L. Cohen

At home, I’m reading

An Object of Beauty
By Steve Martin

What are you reading this week?

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It’s Monday! What I’m Reading!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.
Check out my previous Monday reading posts here.

My week will begin with the last 20-or-so pages of

Obviously social media is huge, but it’s going to be a big part of my new job. I’ll be reading a lot more like this throughout the year.

Later in the week, I’ll be switching back and forth between these two books

What are you reading this week? Have to read any good books on creativity, social media or poetry?

To see more books I’ve read, am reading or plan to read, check me out onGoodreads.

Interesting Reads, Vol 4

in which I share links to things that caught my attention

The Atlantic reveals that China has hipsters, too.

Caroline Fraser edited a new collection of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books and included many historical notes. I want this! (I’ll be starting a review series of Wilder’s Little House books this spring concluding in July when I attend one of the pageant plays.

The male/female pay gap still exists. ::Sad Face::

Social Media Today shared their predictions for social media trends in 2013.

Have you read anything interesting lately?

Last Night in Tweets

Well, I am back today with more from the realm of Twitter. After seeing a few Tweets that made me literally laugh out loud or nod vigourously in agreement, I knew I had to share them.

So, think of this as another Election BONUS Post.

If Obama wins, I’m leaving the country. If Romney wins, I’m leaving the country. This isn’t a political tweet, I just want to travel.

— Retarded Dad (@FunnyEvil) November 5, 2012

There is some contention on Twitter about the actual origin of this statement. One person replyed to @FunnyEvil that comedian Jeffrey Ross had first said this. It doesn’t appear to be in his recent Tweets. He must have said it in a show or elsewhere. So, to whomever actually came up with this, my hat is off.

The results from District 12 are in and I’m going to call it. President Snow reelected to lead Panem. Baaaaaaaaad call, people. Bad call. — Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz) November 7, 2012

Ooops! Wrong election, but well done Josh Horowitz.

BREAKING: Obama shows up to work today in Uggs, pajama shirt. Spends hour on Buzzfeed before checking e-mail. — Chris Regan (@ChrisRRegan) November 7, 2012

Ha! The real work is over.

Margaret Talbot: “If there was a war on women this year, it looks like the women are winning.” nyr.kr/RfWGw4#Election2012 — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 7, 2012

Thank God!

Congratulations to the GOP for their clever plan to get more women into the Senate. But all you had to do was ask, really.

— George Wiman (@georgewiman) November 7, 2012

This one requires an Amen.

I want to give big shoutouts to Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Baldwin and Claire McCaskill. Being female in politics is probably one of the most difficult places to be a woman in the United States, yet these women pushed and fought for their positions. As we watched Elizabeth Warren’s interview on the TODAY Show this morning, I explained to my Claire that it was a big moment and should be evidence that she truly can be anything she wants.

So, here’s to you and the many other women in Congress who have preceded you, the women who have supported you and the men who understand that sometimes it really does take a woman!