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Book Review: Flood Girls
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] The Flood Girls “The Flood Girls” by Richard Fifield is a quirky, different kind of book, populated with unusual, flawed, and likeable characters. Rachel Flood is returning…
Miss Trunchbull
About ten years ago, I had eyeball surgery which implanted contact lenses right in front of my retinas. This allowed me to go glasses free for a long time. Recently,…
Book Review — A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea: A Novel “A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea” by Dina Nayeri is a moving, haunting novel about a girl growing up…
A Night at the Opera
I get it. You have some preconceived notion of the Opera being stuffy and boring and something that only rich people do after a diet of caviar and foie gras…
Book Review: Life With My Idiot Family
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] Life with My Idiot Family: A True Story of Survival, Courage and Justice over Childhood Sexual Abuse If you knew Kathy Picard in high school or junior…
Game Changer
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]My life has recently changed for the better. My son got his driver’s license, and it is an absolute game changer. We did not run out and buy…
Book Review: Motherhood, Martyrdom, and Costco Runs
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] Motherhood Martyrdom & Costco Runs I admit to being a tad competitive. I mean, I was happy to have won a Bronze Reader’s Favorite Medal for my…
Oh Ricky You’re So Fine
I will not deny that I am older than my 47 years might imply. I’m not particularly young at heart, I’m a soul that belongs in assisted living. I know…
Book Review — A Man Called Ove
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] A Man Called Ove: A Novel “A Man Called Ove” is a simple story of a man, Ove, who has a very clear sense of right and…
Now That It’s Over, I’m Thankful
I don’t know about you, but I’m mostly just thankful that I survived yet another Thanksgiving. Just kidding. Sort of. Holidays can be stressful. Some of us are spending our…
