My son, Tyler, and his wife gave me a book for my birthday. For me, books are the best ever gift. Wanna get on my good side? Give me a good book. Not those Harlequin romance type of books — blech! Something well-written, a good quality book. This gift was one [...]
I almost didn’t read the book that our book club selected for our October meeting: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. But, one day I forgot to pack a book to read on the bus. (Oops. There I go again mentioning the bus. Sorry.) I went to the library and checked out Speak and I’m so [...]
Since I started riding the UTA to and fro, I set the goal to read a book a week. That’s doable — especially if I quit dozing on the way home . . .
This week I finished my eighty-second book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Barrow. Love that title!
This [...]
Talk about being humbled. Here, I sit as I write: in a 4 bedroom home, 2 1/2 baths, carpet on the floors, with electricity and indoor plumbing and heating. I have a stove, fridge, microwave and dishwasher. PLENTY of clothes and shoes. And food. All that I want. Whenever I want. And if I need [...]
The book On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser languished on my list of books to-be-read. For years. Somehow it just wasn’t compelling reading like The Bonesetter’s Daughter or The English Patient or even The World is Flat. Three months ago, I bought it at a bargain book sale for [...]