Friday Favorites: Summer Reading

I’ve decided to make myself a summer reading list. We’re only a week into summer, so this seems an appropriate title. My Disclaimer: I do not intend to finish all of these books this summer, but I just wanted a guideline to narrow my choices down. I’ll be excited if I get more than 3 read before fall. Lol I just finished reading up The Girl Who Played with Fire and have started The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest. After that, I'm hoping to read Divergent, but currently there is a waiting list at both of my libraries! I’m totally game for some input on books...whether they are on this list or not!!

Summer Reading List (organized by author)

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bardbury
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare
• City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments #2) by Cassandra Clare
• Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides
  -I own this and have been wanting to read this for awhile, but I’ve held off because I do a lot of reading in the breakroom at work and when people ask what I’m reading - well some may think it’s inappropriate. Idk, maybe I’m just being silly - they do constantly blabber on about religion after all. :P 
• If I Stay (If I Stay #1) by Gayle Forman
• Where She Went (If I Stay #2) by Gayle Forman
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
  -okay, so I’ve heard lots of conflicting things about this book, I bought it for a buck at a used book store. What are your thoughts? 
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
• Never Let Me Go by Kazui Ishiguro
  -I’ve seen the movie, hopefully it doesn’t ruin the book - which I still really want to read. 
• The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
  -Yes, I read this in highschool, but I feel a nagging to read it again (because it was so horrifying). 
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
  
• Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth
  -I thought this series sounded interesting and a friend has assured me I'll enjoy it!
• Insurgent (Divergent #2) by Veronica Roth
• The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli
• Uglies (Uglies #1) by Scott Westerfield

So, any thoughts??  Oh and by the by, if you're a big reader you should join me on Goodreads!

xo, kass

Style Log: Hippie Tracks

 [dress/thrifted :: belt/f21 :: necklace/modcloth :: sandals/old]

I’ve come to realize that my blog has made a major [unintentional] shift...that I’m okay with. I haven’t done a style post in so long! Or a recipe post...which I would still like to do both on occasion. I have some outfit photos just waiting to be shown and I have one recipe to share. I should probably get on that. I also have some random photography I’d like to share and some not so random photography. Seriously, I need to get organized, it’s hard to find time for all the stuff I want to get done AND I’m still not unpacked from moving! Life.

Brian took these photos for me, not bad! It was nice to have them taken them for me, but I’m not going to lie...I kind of like taking them myself. I feel more relaxed or something (no offence hunny!). Regardless, it was still fun to do the shoot together and it was kind of fun editing photos I didn't take! :P Brian also made some comment about me going for a “hippie” look. Which I suppose is the case, I’d call it boho-chic but it’s all the same as far as I’m concerned. Regardless, I was comfy and cute - the perfect combo.

I do think I’ve found my new photo location. These tracks are a couple blocks from the house and are semi-remote, right on the edge of town. I mean the neighboring house can watch me, but I won’t come across too many other people, so that’s cool. :)

xo, kass

Style Log: Lime & Lace (eight)

  

{lace top/f21 :: teal cami/f21 :: lime cardi/merona, thrifted :: slacks/kohl's :: gladiators that I should have took a better picture of/gifted}

Holy humid weather!  We are in summer storm mode now.  Super muggy and constant threat of severe storms and/or tornadoes!  Not gonna like, with the exception of the tornado weather I love this time of year...we even had some sun rain earlier.  You know...when it's super bright out, but then just randomly rains for like 5 minutes.  It feels like an oxymoron. lol.  

You're probably wondering why I'm wearing long sleeves if it's so humid, well that's because for whatever reason the air is blasting at the office and I freeze my ass off all day! The secret is LAYERS. :)

Oh, also...my mom made the point to tell me the I was doing lots of great color blocking and that was in right now.  I love that my mom is up on trends! :D  Plus, to be honest I hadn't even thought of it as color blocking - I just try to get dressed in the morning. Ha!

Oh and guess what?  It's almost the weekend!

Have a great day!

xo, kassie

Style Log: Sense of Spring

{Dress/Target :: Cardi/Thrifted, Merona :: Flats/Payless :: Necklace/Modcloth}

 

I wore this last week sometime when we were having unseasonably warm weather.  It's still pretty nice out...but more like lower 50s instead of lower 70s, lol.  This purple sundress is a staple in my summer wardrobe, it's super comfy and easy to style with some leggings for work. :)  I recently bought another little sundress from F21 that I'm sure will get tons of wear!  Woot for spring!