Power Nap #65
The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century / Kid approved salmon
In Case You Missed It
This over the door hanging organizer with deep pockets is incredible. Perfect for art/craft supplies, toys, shoes, diapers, you name it!
If you've struggled to find a baby carrier that you don't hate, try this one. It hugs the baby tight to your chest and doesn't kill your back.
Here's an easy weeknight meal - buffalo chicken quesadillas.
The perfect dependable, stylish, middle of the road priced, quality sunglasses. Kate and Jess have both had them for years. Jess has repurchased three times (anyone else chronically lose sunglasses?).
“The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.”
Nicholas Chamfort
Best Books of the Century
The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, as voted on by novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers (from NYT).
The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, as voted on by readers (from NYT).
Nate will be trying to knock off some of these over the coming months. He started with The Last Samurai by Helen Dewitt (loved it; review below). Then started Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (couldn't get into it, quit – for what's it worth, he also tried Klara and the Sun by him a few years ago – also quit). Also on his list to read: 2666 by Roberto Bolano, the Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mandel, My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. If anyone really enjoyed any of those (or didn't), let him know.
Here are a few from the lists that he's read in the past that he could recommend: A Gentleman in Moscow, The Goldfinch (he even bought a print of the painting after reading!), Educated, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Station Eleven, The Overstory, Circe, Kite Runner, The Song of Achilles, Where the Crawdads Sing, The Devil in the White City, When Breath Becomes Air, Project Hail Mary.
Introvert Olympic Athletic Champion Award
Pictured above is Australian high-jumper Nicola Olyslagers, who before every jump looks into the camera, smiles, and talks to someone (family? God?), and after every jump trots back to her corner to write in her journal. She took home a silver medal. h/t to Alan Jacobs
Things We Devoured
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