I enjoy learning about history. How it is people live or lived their lives. I wonder lately what it was like to be Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani, a young lady born into a dying monarchy. She was brought up in a life of privilege, wealth and refinery. Victoria had a double ancestry, her father was Scottish, and she was the crown heir to Hawaii prior to the thrown being deposed. The princess was not present during the rebellion, her father swept her off to England at the beginning of the succession. Read more [...]

Some books you read to learn, some for entertainment and others just because. I love all three options, but when I read to learn I have a strategy to retain the information. I rarely just read a book in bed that is about business, finance, law or psychology, but I do read those types of books regularly. I normally read business books at a coffee shop, book store, outside, in a recliner or at a desk, but no matter where I read them it's generally mid-day. For some reason my brain is ready for this Read more [...]

I love reading. I read a lot. With that said, the type of books I go for are generally either educational or funny romantic books that are light-hearted with a happy ending. I specifically go to book stores and ask one of the workers for light-hearted (preferably British) books that end happily. I went to Barnes and Noble probably six months ago and did just this, I was excited to leave with six books. Two of these books where by Anna Maxted and I recently finished both. I'm beyond disappointed. I Read more [...]

My Experience with Libraries.. In all fairness I would like to start by saying, I love libraries. I love books. Always have, most likely always will. For me it's like religion, you love it but some times (and not entirely on purpose) you forget to read, you stray like a sheep but always find your way back to it. I've been to a lot of libraries, a patron. Just a short list of the libraries I've been to and can think of off the top of my head in 5 seconds thought: - Des Moines Public Library - Read more [...]

Out of respect for the author I wont mention who wrote the book or the book title in this post. As a learning experience I think I'll just vent my review on why I didn't enjoy this book. Why I made it through most of the book is another post all together, I'll thank audio books and the fact that I can tune out most of the bs. The author is a lady, with a high-pitched voice, the deep kind of voice that reminds you of someone who has spent most of their life smoking. The majority of the book Read more [...]

Would you be interested in writing a post for my site or for AgencyCouture.com? If you are you'll be allowed to also add a two sentence paragraph at the end of the post promoting yourself and/or services. This wouldn't cost anything and would benefit both of us. Make sure your post is between 200-1000 words. Please get in touch with me first to discuss topics. You also need to review the post thoroughly for spelling and grammar. Would you be interested in having me write a guest post on Read more [...]