When I started reading Tatiana de Rosnay’s Sarah’s Key (one of our April Picks) I did not know what the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup was. It may have been mentioned in a history class at one time or another, but I do not remember studying it. For those of you who (like me) do not remember…
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson (one of our March Picks) proved to be a delightful piece of historical fiction set during a time of transition in a coastal town in England. Goodreads offers the following summary: East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England’s brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that…
KIMMY SCHMIDT. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, that is. Goodness gracious, if you haven’t seen this Netflix wonder, to yourself a favor, and set aside some time to watch it, asap. It’s absolutely delightful. It’s absolutely ridiculous. It’s absolutely delightful and ridiculous and still somehow manages to be poignant and thoughtful. For those of you who…
Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live. – Tuck Everlasting In 1975 Natalie Babbitt published one of the most beloved children’s books, Tuck Everlasting. The story of Tuck Everlasting centers around the Tuck family, who has been cursed (or blessed)…
Dear Bookworms, True to her reputation as a gifted writer of suspenseful series, Terri Blackstock has just released another thrilling start in her latest book If I Run. The story follows Casey Cox, a young woman alone and desperate, running from the consequences of a crime she didn’t commit. I will leave you to discover…
What purpose does theatre serve? It’s a timeless question with a multiplicity of answers: theatre might aim to entertain, to inform, to persuade, even to provoke. When asked for my opinion, I tend to quote the actor Mark Strong, who once said in an interview that he hopes his audience goes “out into the night…
Paris seems to be one of those cities that appears on everyone’s bucket list. Images of the Eiffel Tower ignite the desire to travel in so many. Paris attracts people for different reasons. For some, it’s the art. For others, it’s the wine. For Kathleen Flinn, author of The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You…
My whole life she was proper and well poised. Never a hair out of place, and her outfits were just right. She used to call me her long stemmed rose, and reminded me to always carry myself as such. And then…the darkness came. Slowly and quietly, without us realizing it. And then one day it…
It take a grain of love To make a mighty tree… Even the smallest voice Can make a harmony… Like a drop of water Keep the river high, There are miracles… For you and I… I went to church on Saturday night. …at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre. And yes, you read that right, I said…
A 40-year-old man has sex repeatedly with a 12-year-old girl. 12-year-old girl loves that man. Man goes to jail for three years. Fifteen years later, the girl, now a grown woman, comes to find the man. What could possibly happen after that? Blackbird. Blackbird on Broadway is what happens. For those of you who are unfamiliar…