RaeAnna + A Nerdy Lifestyle
Since I've been so bad at posting book reviews this past year.... or so. Here's a list of easy reading for your fall. My fall looks a lot different than the Insta worthy hashtags because I live in Houston, and I'll enjoy my week of fall weather sometimes in February.
Shoneyin tackles universal themes by exploring the interior lives of four Nigerian women through the secrets they keep in a conservative, polygamist family.
I wanted to make my solo camping trip to the Grand Canyon more than just time to center myself, connect with nature, and escape life's hustle. Driving through Arizona as the sun rose, I knew I wanted to take the opportunity to learn and challenge myself to find the people who lived in and around the Canyon for thousands of years before white people arrived to fuck shit up.
Happy 168th Homecoming to Cornell College. I doubt they've had 168 homecoming celebrations. Did homecoming even exist in 1853? (Cornell University sure didn't. Ha! We're the older, smaller, and better (not a subjective opinion, at all) cousin—literally—in Iowa. Easily confusable, I know.) As a die-hard alum, I filled my house with flowers in school colors in honor of homecoming.
I brought this teeny little book with me to Minnesota's Renaissance Faire during their Scottish Highland themed weekend. I'm a huge fan of history, fashion, and fun facts, so Scottish Tartan and Highland Dress by Fiona Macdonald was a fun read, even though, it was a bit basic at times.
I've spent a lifetime figuring out how to look as good as I possibly can while spending as little as possible. Here are some tricks I've learned to being bougie on a budget, but I've learned the bougiest thing I can be is happy.