“Happiness is not a destination: Being happy takes constant weeding, a tending of emotions and circumstances as they arise. There’s no happily ever after, or any one person or place that can bring happiness. It takes work to be calm in the midst of turmoil. But releasing the need to control it – well, that’s…
Hello Friends, Recently I received a wedding invitation to attend a wedding at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Well, no, not really. But I was invited to see a new Broadway play entitled, It Shoulda Been You. It Shoulda Been You is the msuical theatre equvlanet of a sitcom. It’s quick, funny, and will keepyou guessing…
Dear Bookworms, There are some things that only true readers really understand. The delight in the smell of an old book, the thrill over a long-anticipated copy of a favorite author’s newest work, that hollow sense of aimlessness after you’ve finished a long series, or the excitement of discovering a new series and knowing there…
Hello Readers, Just Kids From the Bronx, one of our March Picks, is a beautifully nostalgic collection of stories about the perception of one’s childhood. Arlene Alda met with sixty-five Bronx natives (herself included) and asked them to talk about their childhood and how life in the Bronx propelled them from childhood into adulthood. Here are…
“I’d felt as if life was like a play, and I’d come in at the interval. The rest of the audience knew what was going on, while I was the only one who was mystified by the dialogue. As I got older I worked out that that’s what everyone thought. We were all watching the…
“Love has to be stronger than hate, or there is no future for us.” – p. 410 Hello Readers, I have always found historical fiction to be a “hit-or-miss” kind of genre. Some authors are able to capture the essence of a time period or an event the reader is familiar with and go on…
Ladies and Gents, did you watch two of my favorite shows last week? They just keep getting better and better. First, on Grey’s Anatomy, there is a serious earthquake. Not only does this bring in several patients who need help, but it launches a storyline that I really loved – an 11-year-old girl calls in to the…
Hello Beautiful People, There are three things I know to be true – This world needs more love. This world needs more love letters. This world needs more souls like Hannah Brencher. I suppose the only way to describe the way I met Hannah is…kismet. Fate. Luck. But the longer version is thus: I’m a…
Dear Bookworms, A powerful government. A system that unfairly divides people into castes. A chosen hero(ine) who fights, bleeds and sacrifices in order to overthrow the corrupt regime. Sound familiar? Of course it does. Those are the basic building blocks of the young adult dystopian novel, and we’ve all read one or five within the…
“We’re young for such a small fraction of our lives, and yet our youth seems to stretch on forever. Then we’re old for years and years, but time flies by fastest then.” (p. 161) Hello fellow readers! I finally got my hands on a copy of A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler from…