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Book Review: 50th Law

by Linda Nguyen on March 3, 2010 in Books

Recommended to me by A.J. I can pretty much summed up the book in a such a way where you do not have to trouble yourself with reading it. 50… [Continue Reading]

7 Quick Takes (1)

by Linda Nguyen on February 19, 2010March 18, 2015 in Diary

A plane crashed into an IRS building here in Austin yesterday morning, killing two people. I just read the pilot’s 6 paged suicide note. I’m really sad for the innocent… [Continue Reading]

How do you organize your books?

by Linda Nguyen on January 14, 2010April 13, 2016 in Books, Diary

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to be more organized. Last night, after a nice dinner date with my sick boyfriend, I had a glamorous night in where I… [Continue Reading]

10 More Things I’m Currently Thankful for

by Linda Nguyen on November 25, 2009April 15, 2016 in Diary

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Before I head home to Houston, I’m going to squeeze in a third Gratitude list. If you missed the first two here they are: – 10 Things… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: Lovely Bones

by Linda Nguyen on September 28, 2009November 16, 2009 in Books, Movies

On my flight to Boston last weekend, I forgot to pack a book and even though I was running on 2 hours of sleep it made my flight a little… [Continue Reading]

2008 in Review

by Linda Nguyen on December 27, 2008February 12, 2016 in Diary, Resolutions / Goal Tracking

January – Kim came up for New Years. We celebrated downtown with Alan’s couple of friends and Jon and the boys. – Kim and I wrote on two balloons on… [Continue Reading]

The Romantic Movement

by Linda Nguyen on March 24, 2008May 4, 2012 in Books

Started reading The Romantic Movement by my Alain de Botton over the weekend. It was perfect timing … I was feeling a little off/low/defeated when it came to the other… [Continue Reading]

Haunted

by Linda Nguyen on September 4, 2007July 9, 2009 in Books

So I went to a very tiny library for the first time ever. Library was so tiny that the only book by Chuck Palahniuk was Haunted. (They only had three… [Continue Reading]

Kite Runner

by Linda Nguyen on May 29, 2007July 8, 2009 in Books, New Thing(s) of the Week

So I started Kite Runner two nights ago after finishing Blink. It took me a week or so with Blink since I wasn’t very enthralled, making it easier to put… [Continue Reading]

half priced books, Thai Passion

by Linda Nguyen on May 6, 2007July 8, 2009 in Austin, Books, New Thing(s) of the Week

My new thing of the week was a bit tamed compared to last week’s. I tried out Thai Passion on 7th and Congress with Will. Remember him from this entry?… [Continue Reading]

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Linda Nguyen is a Texas Native who recently moved to North Carolina. She’s a blogger and photographer and loves eating noodles. This is her personal blog. She also writes a food blog.

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