I’m a dog person. Today, I am without a dog for the first time in more than 20 years after losing my dog (Lucy, a Bouvier) […]
The Seduction of Shelley M.
In this post, I wanted to share with you a little something about me. When I was about 15 (or 16 or 14, I can’t […]
Talkin’ Bout Books
I’m talkin’ ’bout the Talkin’ Bout Books blog. This is a great website replete with book discussion guides and suggestions for parents and children grades 2-3 […]
My First Summer Without Philip Craig
My First Summer Without Philip Craig
Technically, this is my second summer without Philip Craig. Last year I lived in blissful ignorance as I read the eighteenth mystery in his Martha Vineyard series not knowing that he had died in May of 2007. Then I stumbled across a tribute to him written by his good friend and Boston author, William Tapply.
http://www.williamgtapply/phil.html
He’s An Average Kid, Except His Dad is the Grim Reaper!
D.J. has his share of problems, his pets keep dying, he has to go to a new school and his dad treats him like a […]
Prepare for Launch! These Pages Fly!
Her name is Maximum Ride! She and her flock of other mutant winged children escaped from the labs where they were created. They are on […]
Picture This
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about picture books. Maybe it is because I am doing preschool and baby storytimes this summer or maybe […]
A new hybrid: horror meets spiritual development
Let me backtrack to Dean Koontz’s first Odd novel, Odd Thomas, in which the charming, quirky Odd is introduced. He is a twenty year old […]
What is the Sweetest Taboo?
After reading the erotic novel The Sweetest Taboo by Risque made me ponder many things: What is the sweetest taboo? Since there is no such thing […]
Book review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
I first came across Diary of a Wimpy Kid in a Philip Morris column a long time ago. I thought any book that the sagacious […]
