The wonderful Lisa, my long lost twin who knows I need help thinking of stuff to write about every day, tagged me for this meme: Go to Google Image Search. Type in the name of the last book you really … Continue reading
You’ve just reached the end of a book . . . what do you do now? Savor and muse over the book? Dive right into the next one? Go take the dog for a walk, the kids to the park, … Continue reading
I’jaamSinan Antoon200797 pages This short novel poses as a manuscript found in the Central Security Headquarters of Baghdad, Iraq. Written without dots, it is given to “a qualified personnel” to add the dots (I’jaam is the adding of dots to … Continue reading
Scribbling the CatAlexandra Fuller2004251 pages After our online book club discussed Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight (with input from the author herself), I wanted to read Bo Fuller’s next book, Scribbling the Cat. In Don’t Let’s Go to … Continue reading
Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone! Today, I’m wearing green in memory of my dad. Here he is, doing a few of the things he did best…talking, drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette. Hi Dad! Today would’ve been his 66th … Continue reading
WARNING: This post contains spoilers. Please don’t read it if you don’t want to know what happens in the book Peony in Love. Just know that I really liked this book. Peony in LoveLisa See2007320 pages I had been eagerly … Continue reading
Last night HB and I went to Surf Night at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. Once again, it was a sold out event at the Fremont Theatre. The event was a tribute to 95 year old pioneer surf … Continue reading
The Glass CastleJeannette Walls2006288 pages I finished Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle last week, but I just realized I never did follow up from my initial impressions of the book. So here are my thoughts on a few more of … Continue reading
I’m back from San Diego, where I attended a training for trainers. We learned all about the importance of preparation, lots of stuff about adult learners and learning styles, fun exercises (as in learning exercises, not sweaty exercises), and some … Continue reading
Just like I hate to cook, I also hate to garden. Our front yard is a small patch of green grass. Our back yard won’t be discussed. However, I do like looking at all the pretty pictures of flowers that … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
