We once read, “Being smart is sexy, so don’t play dumb.” To us, maintaining a balance of the mind, body, and soul defines beauty. Instead of spending hours on the internet or watching back-to-back episodes of Real Housewives (or maybe that’s just us?), we encourage you to expand your imagination and lose yourself to the words on the page in a world created by exceptional authors.
As Dr. Seuss once said, ” The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Here are some of our favorite books that inspire us.
Some of Helena’s fav fiction & nonfiction novels (click on the book title to learn more).
- Naked by David Sedaris
- The Ice Hotel: Stone of Iridium by MC Foley
- The Faults in Our Stars by John Green
Some of Feven’s fav coffee table books (click on the book title to learn more):
- American Fashion: Designers at Home by Rima Suqi
- Art in the Streets by Jeffrey Deitch, Roger Gastman, Aaron Rose
- New York Interiors by Peter Webster
xoxo,
Feven & Helena #twinship
P.S. What books do you recommend us reading?
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15 responses to “Look Smart. Book Smart.”
You guys are AMAZING! So beyond honored to be included in your fav fiction list… you made my month* 🙂 … Thanks so very much. Ciao! *mc
Thank YOU! We love The Ice Hotel and it’s message of hope. It’s one of our favorites. xoxo #twinship
Always looking for book suggestions, thanks ladies! Prolly the book that has stuck with me the most since I read it is The Happiness Project, just about the day to day things that we can do to make us shine brighter 🙂
http://www.happiness-project.com/books/the-happiness-project/about-the-book/
Thank for the wonderful suggestion. We will certainly try it. The Ice Hotel is a personal fav. MC Foley is a gifted author and her novel is being adapted by the Oscar nominated writers of THE FIGHTER. Love, love The Faults in Our Stars,get ready to shed the tears, but you can balance it with Naked which is brilliantly funny.
A friend of mine and I enjoyed reading ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ by Khaled Hosseini. He is also the author of ‘Kite Runner.’ I had a kindle and when I would read a book on it I felt like I was missing something. I realized that I love holding a book in my hand and turning the pages. Hopefully we don’t lose books all together to technology =(
I have been looking for a new book I am thinking ‘The Life of Pi.’ I know the movie has great ratings so I am sure the book will be GREAT!
Ari, we can’t agree more with you! We love holding books and being able to turn the pages and being able to mark the pages with notes. Loved Kite Runner, so ‘Splendid Suns’ in our book list. ‘Life of Pi, is a great choice too. Haven’t read it, but loved the film.
That pic is cool! love you ladies. One of the best books I’ve ever read- and I hate being cliche for saying it, is the Alchemist. Definitely a MUST read – and re-read. Love that you both promote beauty and BRAINS! what good is a house, if the lights aren’t turned on and no one is home?! #justsayin
Love that–what good is a house line.
Yes, The Alchemist is one of our fav reads too and it’s not a cliche to say so. We can’t tell you enough how much Paulo Coelho words resound in our minds. xoxo #twinship
This is a great initiative ! someone told me that holy bible is a good book! so i recommend it by the way i like real housewive lol especially for the story of taylor which is the most ineresting in my opinion.
So, someone once told you the Holy Bible was a good book, lol. Someone once told us too.
We love The Real Housewives too. Lisa is our definite fav from the Beverly Hills series, but ATL is our fav.
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They say, “Guys don’t make passes with girls who wear glasses,” but juding from your post/photos, I bet to differ! Smart ‘n sexy = potent combo! #twinship
aw, you’re the best. thank you for your kind words! we appreciate it!
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I loved The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns too! Made me cry. The Memory Keepers Daughter and My Sisters Keeper was great. My Sisters Keeper the book was completely different than the movie. As teenager-ish as they are the Hunger Games trilogy was really fun to read. I have an obsession with the Alex Cross series from James Patterson. The book “A Million Pieces” was amazing and I was really intrigued that it was the authors true story but it came out later that he made up the story…still a good book.