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, It’s JUNE. Can you believe it? Cause I can’t. Cause I’m pretty sure yesterday was January 1st. And now, it’s June. Which is just…banannas. Anyway, because it’s June, and the first, we’re announcing our bookshelf picks for this month, AND our selection for The Write Teacher(s) + Close Reads Cafe book club!…
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…
Hi Friends! My first college girlfriend was horrified to discover that in all my 18 years, I’d never actually read a comic books or graphic novel. She was even more horrified when I admitted that in all those 18 years, I really had no desire to read comic books or graphic novels. Determined to rectify…
Hi Friends! Conquering the acronym “LGBTQIA” is no small feat. Even those of us most ‘in the know’ can get turned around. What order are the letters supposed to go in again? Did some new letters get added I don’t know about? What do they stand for anyway? The truth is, people use different acronyms…
Hello Beautiful People! Can you believe it’s APRIL already!? I don’t know about y’all, but this gal is ready. For. Summer. Anyway, I digress. And no, I’m not going to pull some April Fool’s joke – that was never really my thing. BUT, I will give you the titles that we’re most looking forward to…
Hello Beautiful People, [custom_blockquote style=”purple”]Ethel Merman and Mother Teresa had a lot in common. At first glance, that might seem highly unlikely, but in my years with them both, I discovered that though the differences were huge, surprisingly, there were also great similarities. Often I would be in a restaurant with Ethel Merman, “the Queen…
Hello Beautiful People! The day has come to list the first set of book club questions for our upcoming Book Club Chat on March 31st: What did you expect from this book when you first read the title? When you first read the opening line – “I fell in love with William Ashe at gunpoint, in…
Hello Friends, I’ve always been a fan of young adult fiction. The formation of identity – how we define ourselves, why we become who we become and how that’s always changing has always been a focal point of my work. These issues are never so resonant or important or obvious as they are in young adult…
Hello Friends, As a kid I would go to the library every week and check out a stack of books almost taller than I was. Starting around age 5, I had a book on me at all times, content to read through any boring class at school, doctors appointment or voice lesson for my sister…