Hello Beautiful People, One of the selections for this month’s Bookshelf Picks was Dogs Rule Nonchalantly, by Mark Ulriksen. Here’s the fancy blurb about Mark: Mark Ulriksen is a San Francisco-based artist and illustrator whose instantly recognizable portraits and whimsical take on life have led to projects for a variety of major clients. He specializes…
Dear Bookworms, I’ve been hearing a lot recently about the author Rainbow Rowell. She has written several books that have made quite a splash among the readers that I know. So I set out to discover why. I began with Eleanor & Park, (the book club book for the month of May here at The…
Dear Bookworms, Being an extreme bibliophile, I not only enjoy reading good books, but also have a special affinity for good books about books. It was my enjoyment of this overly-specific genre that led me to Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, a delightful book about books, or in this case, bookstores. Written from the first person…
Dear Bookworms, I’ve just finished reading Barbara Taylor Bradford’s new release Cavendon Hall, a story following the lives of the occupants of the early twentieth century English estate of the same name. Largely centering on two main families, the Inghams and the Swanns, the story spans the course of seven years, incorporating the events of…
Hello Beautiful People, I’m not quite sure where to begin. Through the Glass is a story of a woman, Shannon, who’s away at a conference for work, when two police offers come to her hotel room and deliver the most God awful news. Shannon’s husband had attacked two women at knifepoint, taken them into the…
Hello Beautiful People, As you all know, the book club selection for this month is Learning Not to Drown, by Anna Shinoda. If you’re not familiar with our book club, you can get all the goods + details + info right here. I’m not sure where to begin with Learning Not to Drown. Not sure…
Hello Beautiful People, I distinctly remember driving to school one day in the pouring, I’m talking POURING rain, and seeing one of my students walking to school. With no umbrella. Soaked to the bone. And I distinctly remember thinking, gee, I wish I could give them a ride the rest of the way, a mere…
Hello Beautiful People, “Pretty.’ ‘Beautiful.’ ‘Nice.’ ‘Fine.’ That’s our life now! Everything’s ‘fine’. We put on the funny nose and glasses and slip on the banana peel and the TV makes everything happy and everyone’s laughing all the time, it’s all so goddamn funny, it’s our constitutional right to be amused all the time, isn’t…
Hello Beautiful People, The Write Teacher(s) Team and myself are SUPER busy this season. Which is amazing. And what’s even more amazing is when we have Guest Writers come in and review the countless shows that we’re so honored to be invited to. So, allow me to introduce you to Jesse James Keitel, the author…
Hello Beautiful People, Allow me to introduce you to Pansy, a beautiful poodle who has been adopted into a loving family and a sweet little girl, Avery. Avery and Pansy start begin their lifelong friendship in Beverly Hills, and you can read more about Pansy and Avery’s California adventure here. What comes after Beverly Hills? Well, Paris…