Hi Friends, I have always thought summer was a perfect length. By the time August comes to an end and back to school sales explode in every store, I am always a little sad to say goodbye to summer, but ready to take my sweaters and flannel shirts and boots out of the attic and…
Hello Friends, America was abuzz when it learned that Harper Lee was releasing a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird that had been collecting dust for years. Even those who are not avid readers know something about To Kill a Mockingbird. It is a staple in high school English classes as Atticus Finch has become…
“Whenever [he] looked at a book, he did not see it purely in terms of a story, minimum retail price and an essential balm for the soul; he saw freedom on wings of paper.” (p. 143) Hello Readers, The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (one of our June picks) was a lesson in “Don’t…
And the summer continues, fellow readers. I have been doing a lot of reading. I went camping a few weeks ago and managed to fit two books into one weekend. It was simply lovely. As I was looking at new releases for the month of August, I struggled to pick just three that I wanted…
“You are not required to agree with everything you read. That is submission. But laughing at it and trying to understand something you do not concur with is called being sophisticated.” – p. 7 Greg Proops’ The Smartest Book in the World: A Lexicon of Literacy, A Rancorous Reportage, A Concise Curriculum of Cool (one of…
Hi Friends, When I picked up a copy of Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella (one of our July picks) I was not prepared for how wonderful it was. Seriously. This mother-daughter team has put together a collection of short-essays that are both entertaining and insightful. Lisa had…
I spent last weekend camping and reading Modern Romance (one of our June picks) by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg. Fellow readers, I enjoyed every page. In the book, Ansari explored today’s dating scene. It is so different than it was ten or fifteen years ago. The options are unlimited (which he argued is both…
“Once you’ve held a book and really loved it, you forever remember the feel of it, its specific weight, the way it sits in your hand.” – p. 259 Hello Readers, In Erika Swyler’s debut novel, The Book of Speculation (one of our June Picks), the reader meets a family with a dark past and…
Hi Friends, I cannot get enough of this warm weather. I have been spending my weekends on the swing on my front porch with a book and club soda. I hope you’re making time in your busy schedule to spend some time relaxing outside. Here are three books coming out this month that we’re looking…
Hi Friends, When I heard a revival of Gigi was coming to Broadway, I was immediately interested in getting tickets. I had seen the 1958 film with Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, and Louis Jourdan and was curious to see a live performance of this rather odd story. I always found the movie to be flat…