Jen's Book Thoughts

I thought yesterday's review of The Big Thing was a great lead in to my big announcement:
*drum roll*
I'm wrapping up Jen's Book Thoughts. The content will still all stay here for anyone who happens upon it or cares to peruse it, but I'm officially moving to a full Wordpress website: http://jenniferforbus.com....

First line: "I've wanted to write a book since I was eleven."
New York Times writer and editor, Phyllis Korkki, has always aspired to write a book. She has a novel in progress, but with The Big Thing: How to Complete Your Creative Project Even if You're a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me, she decided...

Good gads she's posting today! I'm so, so sorry for my silence of late, friends. I've been a bit swamped with work, some professional development classes, my nephew's baseball season and a big announcement I'll have coming soon. I hope you're all having...

First line: "I am a little kid in the backyard, swatting mosquitoes off my legs and waiting for Dad to flip a burger onto my paper plate."
Todd Buchholz's  book The Price of Prosperity: Why Rich Nations Fail and How to Renew Them is his argument for why wealthy nations fall. He examines economic, political and cultural realms that he believes contribute to the undoing of these prosperous...