Books - UnDiplomatic Wife

I totally love books! Do you? We will get along very well. Here’s a list of the books I am currently reading..
highly recommend and use as design inspirations. If anything is familiar, drop me a line!

Books I’m reading now:

The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin
Superfreakonomics Steven Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Why Men Don’t Have A Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes Allan & Barbara Pease (I am always on a journey to understanding relationships and improving my relationship with TD and this book is perfect because it is written from both a man & woman’s perspective. It’s not just man-bashing which is not good a good attitude and neither very productive.)
The Book of Surfing, The Killer Guide Michael Fordham

Books I’ve read & highly recommend:

Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, love and the search for home Kim Sunee
Napoleon’s Privates Tony Perrottet
Women, work & the Arit of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility Mireille Guiliano (I wish I had this book when I started working 8 years ago! What’s a housewife doing with this you say? I may be a housewife but I come from a family of business-minded people!)
Rizal without the Overcoat Ambeth Ocampo (I am reading this book again inspired by hanging out with the author himself the past week or so)
Bringing Home the Birkin Michael Tonello (Memoir of the fabulous and witty Michael Tonello – a fashionista’s must-have for sure!)
Summer at Tiffany’s Marjorie Hart
The Truth About History: How New Evidence is Transforming the Story of the Past(If you love learning trivia and history this book is the best! Did you know that Cleopatra was fat had a beak nose and had rings of fat around her, called “Venus rings” by arthistorians?)
10,001 Time Saving Ideas(Tips on saving time from moving overseas to managing your household)
101 Things I Learned in Culinary School
Committed Elizabeth Gilbert (I recommend to anyone who is married or contemplating it. It’s especially good for those who are newly married)
Eat, Pray, LoveElizabeth Gilbert
The Twentieth Wife Indu Sundaresan
Feast of Roses Indu Sundaresan
FreakonomicsSteven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Tipping Point Malcom Gladwell
Outliers Malcom Gladwell
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand (My favorite book)

DiploWife Must-haves:

Etiquette 17th Edition Peggy Post (the first book I purchased when I realized I needed to learn how to be a proper DiploWife – NOT that I succeed everytime though!)
Entertaining Peggy Post (a wonderful gift from my brother-in-law who always strives to be the ultimate diplomat and my source of guidance and advice in Diplo Living and style)
Other books that I would like to get are:
1. “Excuse Me, But I was Next..” How to Handle the Top 100 Manners Dilemmas Peggy Post “Have you ever been annoyed by cell phone yakkers,.spotted someone double dipping…gotten a gift you hated? How do you deal with the dilemmas of everyday life?”
2. Essential Manners for Couples: From Snoring and Sex to Finances and Fighting Fair—What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why Peter Post (Let’s keep that DiploFlame burning baby!)

Interior Design Books that I use for inspiration I separated this list because I am constantly using/reading/referring to these books. I may not have finished the books, but I read the sections that I need for my current interior design project. Up next for me is the dining room!