Sometimes you read a book and it changes you. In the past two months, I read two. I consider myself to be very lucky. I'm not reading as much as I'd like to, but I try to squeeze in at least a chapter or two a day to ensure my brain in coated in things that keep me balanced. Like pretty words strung together that feel like the tails of many colorful kites. For all the jokes I crack about my obsession with reality television, I'd trade 12 hours of Real Housewives for 10 minutes of a good book.

Here are a few of my recent reads…