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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…

Chicken Soup for the Sick

The seasons are changing now, from summer to fall, from eyeball melting heat to mere hotness, and here in Georgia that means that on any given day it might be…

VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: The Whisper King

I was thrilled to be contacted by BookBear (click here for their Facebook and here for their Twitter) to be a featured blogger on their virtual book tour of The Whisper…

At the Airport

I went to visit my parents in Ft. Myers, Florida, largely because I found an unbelievably cheap round trip flight. Of course, the “Student Driver” sticker on the plane explained…

BOOK REVIEW: When to Rob a Bank

When to Rob a Bank: …And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen L. Dubner is the fourth in…