I cannot believe it's already May - that means it's just a few weeks from the official start of summer with Memorial Day, and only 2 weeks from my eldest child graduating high school! How are you doing with your reading goals? I set my annual goal at 104 books (2 books per week) and … Continue reading April Review & May Preview
Thank you to Kensington Publishing, GoodReads, and Marc Cameron for sending this book my way through a GoodReads giveaway! All thoughts below are my own. Arliss Cutter is a recent transplant to the Alaskan wilderness from the much warmer climate in Florida. A US Marshall, he’s an expert tracker and gunman, but he carries the … Continue reading Cold Snap
Peg and Abel have just started working this year’s cherry season. The harvesting, sorting, washing, and packing is hard work and doesn’t leave much time for other activities. So when Peg’s niece Hope shows up on her doorstep with a daughter in tow, it has the potential to ruin everything. With the added complexity that … Continue reading The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season
One of my earliest memories is of watching a family walking a rope line in London. There was a gorgeous mom, a dad, and two little boys around my age – The Prince and Princess of Wales and their sons. Living in America, the royal family has always intrigued me. They manage to be simultaneously … Continue reading Spare
As a banking leader in America, John Pierpont Morgan exuded much control over the economy and the way business was handled in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He began as the son of a financier and expected his son to carry on after him. But his legacy is so much more than his … Continue reading The Personal Librarian
Apartheid isn’t something that was well taught when I was in school. I think it was too closely aligned with slavery for teachers in the American South to feel comfortable discussing with their integrated classrooms in the 80’s and 90’s. I do remember some news around Mandela’s release, but no one ever really explained apartheid … Continue reading Born a Crime
This weekend, I was honored to attend the Sheth Lecture in Indian Studies at Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum. The speaker was author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni who discussed her book Independence, along with her other works such as Mistress of Spices and One Amazing Thing. I chose to attend this lecture because I reviewed … Continue reading Book Signing: Independence
Halmoni always makes Lily feel so special. She allows Lily to help in the kitchen and shares her stories with the child. But when Lily, her sister, and mother all move back in with Halmoni, something feels off. It doesn’t help that a strange tiger only Lily could see appeared in the middle of the … Continue reading When You Trap A Tiger
When I think of my favorite childhood movies, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is high on that list! What’s better than a world made of candy: a river of chocolate, candy wallpaper, three-course meals in chewing gum form, and chocolate bars transported by television waves? Maybe winning the whole thing with a Golden Ticket! Amazingly, … Continue reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Bird and his father live in an apartment on the university campus where his dad works. They have a routine: Bird goes to school, his father goes to work, and they come together for dinner every night. Bird doesn’t play outside much, and his only friend recently went away, just like his mom. It’s a … Continue reading Our Missing Hearts
