Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman. I'd seen mention of this book around the blogosphere for awhile, but had never picked it up. Between my penchant for fiction and not having or really being around many...
Video of the week: The Try Guys Get Photoshopped With Men's Ideal Body Types to address body insecurities. Aw. I want to give these guys a hug. Can The Perfect Algorithm Brew The Perfect Beer? Don't Panic, But Our Technology Now Defies Human Understanding....
This story made my day: This book nerd's tweet to a bookstore's official Twitter account ended in a love story. Bizarre article of the week: What to Eat for Breakfast if You Want to Live Forever. How to Avoid the Most Common Fake Foods on Restaurant Menus. I do...
The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria #1) by Anthony Ryan. Imagine if dragons existed (in four colors: Black, Red, Green and Blue), and each type of blood granted certain powers to a select few of the population. Imagine the era of monarchies and governments had...
Video of the week: Mesmerizing Sand Art on Pottery Wheel. This is indeed mesmerizing. Cartoons of the week: 10 Disney Princesses Enjoying Motherhood. Aloe Vera Is a Lie. WHAT. The Art Of Being Emotionless. FYI. Your Brain Is On Autopilot More Than You Think-...
The Oregon Trail Generation: Life Before And After Mainstream Tech. This is me, and most of my friends. So spot on. “Because we had one foot in the traditional ways of yore and one foot in the digital information age, we appreciate both in a way that other...
The Rook (The Checquy Files #1) by Daniel O'Malley. Myfanwy (rhymes with Tiffany) Thomas wakes up surrounded by dead bodies, with no memory and a strange letter in hand. Through information left by her pre-amnesia self, Myfanwy learns that a) she has special powers,...
Cartoon series of the week: They Can Talk. What animals are really thinking. Videos of the week: Penguins vs. A Rope, and Buddy the Rescue Dog and the GoDogGo ball thrower. Pro-choice advocates just won the biggest Supreme Court abortion case in decades. Woo!...
Steelheart (Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanderson. I'm a fan of Sanderson's Mistborn books, and his Stormlight Archives series so far. And while I never finished the Wheel of Time series (as of yet), I heard he did good things with it after Robert Jordan's death. So I've...
Taking a page from Pip's book and using this list to do a life snapshot. I don't have any fun pictures to intro this, so we're just going to jump right into the list: Making: cupcakes in the morning! Cooking: Nothing at the moment, but I made this for my mom and...
Hi, I’m Amanda!
I’m a self-employed graphic designer by day, and a crafty hungry bookworm by night. Dragonflight Dreams is where I write about books, recipes, internet goodies, life things, crafty projects, Austin happenings, and more.
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