Style of a 20 Something Book Club: The Summer We Read Gatsby

Last week, my class at SPI took a field trip to Three Lives & Company: a local, independent book shop in the West Village. As you can imagine, our crew of English nerds quickly invaded the small shop, pouring over the thousands of colorful covers.

I walked away from the visit with both a new-found appreciation for independent booksellers and The Summer We Read Gatby by Danielle Ganek.

Praised by magazines like O, Vogue, Glamour, People, Real Simple and Marie Claire, The Summer We Read Gatsby is a modern-day homage to one of my favorite novels. I only hope it can live up to my expectations.

I'll be posting my review of the book here on Style of a 20 Something in two weeks, and I'd love if you'd pick up a copy and join the conversation!

Readers, what books are on your list this summer?

Inspired by: City Hall Park

  

 1.) Wayuu Taya Foundation Susu Bag (Shopbop, $175)

   2.) Rumba Time Big Apple Slap Watch (Shopbop, $25)

3.) Cartier Scarf (Bluefly, $154)

4.) Paisleys Spoon Rest (Anthropologie, $10)

Every morning on my commute to SPI, I pass through New York's City Hall Park. Full of public art like this "Splotch 15" sculpture, the park is a huge source of style inspiration. With a wardrobe full of black and gray, I'm not normally one to dress like a rainbow, but I think I could incorporate some brights into my accessories like the ones pictured above.

Readers what are your style inspirations? Are there any other public art pieces in New York I should seek out?

PS Click here for a link to the Wayuu foundation's website--It's a really cool nonprofit working with the indigenous people of northern Colombia and Venezuela.

New York University-Summer Publishing Institute

Well readers, I think it's time for a life update. I'm officially living in New York City, attending New York University's Summer Publishing Program. I've been here less than a week, but this program is so intense, it feels much longer.

We're actually not allowed to blog, tweet or post about what the industry specialists that come to speak have to say, but  to give you a general idea, we've already heard from Cindi Leive (Editor in Chief of Glamour), Kristin van Ogtrop (Editor in Chief of Real Simple), Larry Burstein (Publisher of New York Magazine) and James Bennet (Editor in Chief of The Atlantic) among other incredibly informative members of the media industry from companies like Rodale, Zinnio and the Precision Media Group.Yesterday I even got to tour the office of Marie Claire!

I'm learning so much, but it's all very overwhelming, and I haven't gotten to explore the city much at all. Hopefully there will be time for that this weekend! If anyone has suggestions for fun restaurants or low key tourist attractions, I'd love to hear them!