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BOOK REVIEW: Openly Straight

  Openly Straight In Openly Straight, a young adult book by Bill Konigsberg, Rafe, a Colorado teen, has been out of the closet since eighth grade. He doesn’t get much…

What Comes Around

Everything old is new again, they say, and just like you can actually find legwarmers for sale, and real live fashionable teenagers wearing them, other 80s things are making a comeback.…

BOOK REVIEW: Unbroken

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption This week was Veteran’s Day. While I can’t say that I spent the whole day in prayers of thanks…

I Ate Some Pie

It’s been a while since I wrote about how much I like food, but I hope that does not make you think for a second that I have quit eating…

You’re Late

There are two kinds of people in my house: the late kind and the early kind.  I’m the early kind.  My husband is the late kind.  In fact, my husband…

VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Show Time by Phil Harvey

Once again, the good folks at BookBear asked me to be a part of a virtual book tour, this time for a book called “Show Time” by Phil Harvey. “Show…

Fun House Mirror

I’m old, but not so old that I am completely afraid of technology. I embrace it, for the most part, for all the things it can do for us, and…

BOOK REVIEW: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl: A Novel This book is well on its way to being a young adult classic. It stars Cather (identical twin to Wren – get it Cather…Wren….?) who is what most…

Getting His Ears Pierced

My thirteen year old son wants his ears pierced. My sunny little blonde haired blued eyed smiling little boy wants to poke holes in his head and decorate himself. Ok,…

BOOK REVIEW: All Who Go Do Not Return

  All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir by Shulem Deen This book is a memoir written by a once pious yeshiva boy living in an insular Hasidic community…

Ode to the Marching Band

This is fall and this is the deepest part of the deep south, and that means that it is football season.  People only get a little excited around here about…

BOOK REVIEW: Secondhand Souls

Secondhand Souls: A Novel by Christopher Moore I have a confession to make: I love Christopher Moore. I make this by way of confession rather than simply a statement of…