I’m just back from vacation (wonderful). I continue to think about dogs and miss our Bouvier, Lucy. We are talking about locating our next dog […]
Charlie Bone and the Time Twister
I listened to a great audiobook this summer: Charlie Bone and the Time Twister by Jenny Nimmo, narrated by Simon Russell Beale. This is the […]
Read Some Fiction From Dixie, Y’all
I first encountered good ol’ Southern charm in middle school when Peyton, a teenage boy’s vision of a goddess, with long blonde hair and cornflower […]
hex and the city???
Oh yes, I’m serious, hex and the city. I’ve recently become a big fan of the romance/comedy/fantasy series by Shanna Swendson. Seriously, I flew through […]
Never too old to…well…um learn?
Jim and Louella’s Homemade Heart-Fix Remedy taught me three things. One, you are never to old to learn. Two, communication involves listening and learning when […]
Curious Incidents indeed…
If you haven’t read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon (and I’m sure most of you have), well you are in […]
Chick Lit Alert :0)
Okay, so imagine waking up every morning in a different place in time (zone), spending one day on the east coast, then the next in the […]
Fortune cookies…Japanese or Chinese in Origin?
Well, for any of you who’ve ever pondered this you are not alone. Jennifer 8. Lee (yes her middle name is 8 ) has written […]
Time Travel and Tesseracts
The book discussion group I run at the library recently read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. This wonderful book that traverses both fantasy and […]
Beijing-Let the Reading Begin
Are you curious about Beijing now that the Summer Olympics have begun? Of course, on any given day you can watch NBC, PBS or the Travel Channel and see kaleidoscopic images and all the sights and sounds of this highly populated historic city. But, for a dose of the real unadulterated Beijing, pick up the book The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed by Michael Meyer. Meyer is a native Minnesotan who moved to China with the Peace Corps and volunteered to teach English in a Beijing elementary school. He’s one of the few Westerners who has had the opportunity to live among the native Chinese and experience the city, culture and cuisine in a manner that most outsiders could only dream of. This is a fascinating mix of history, politics and customs and gives an inside look at this mysterious city.