2020

VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: A Solitary Romance

A Solitary Romance: Book 1 in the Only Love Series Disclaimer: The good folks at Books and the Bear gave me a copy of A Solitary Romance in exchange for…

Mascara

If I were a little kid, and I presented you with this picture I had drawn with crayons:you would have no real way of knowing if it was supposed to…

BOOK REVIEW: Every Day by David Levithan

Every Day Every Day by David Levithan is further proof of my theory that if you want to read a really good, beautifully written, engaging, creative, through provoking book that…

Crushing Mind Candy

Comes the end of the day (defined on some bad days as 3:00 p.m.) and I am completely brain dead.  There has been enough input and the overworked filing clerks…

Dress Code Blues

Does this dress pass the dress code? Once upon a time, I gave birth two and a half weeks early to a little six and a half pound peanut whose…

The Ice Cream Man

At first I didn’t notice it.  There are so many background bells and whistles these days, that it kind of blended in.  But it was persistent.  I thought it might…

Book Review — Stay Where You Are And Then Leave

Stay Where You Are And Then Leave “Stay Where You Are And Then Leave” by John Boyne is such a simple, lovely heartbreaking book.  Written by the author of “The…

Pokemon Go Home

Because I am nothing if not a follower of the latest trends, I downloaded Pokemon Go to my phone. For both of you out there who are even more behind…

Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Drag Queens

When I get home from work I am tired.  Between the drama that is work, and the drama that is headline news, and the drama that is mothering two young…

BOOK REVIEW: Someone Could Get Hurt

Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood “Someone Could Get Hurt” by Drew Magary is a hilarious parenting memoir that is relatable and heartbreaking at the same time.…

Christmas in July

I’m a Jew, and this is July, so you’d be correct in thinking it odd that I’m all hopped up and excited about a Christmas sweater.  Yup, it’s the Jewish…

VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR — Gol

Gol (Legends of Ansu) (Volume 1)by J.W. Webb The good folks at BookBear asked me to participate in the virtual book tour for “Gol” by J.W. Webb. “Gol” is a…