I finished Little Bee by Chris Cleave on an airplane on our way back from our California vacation earlier this summer.  It was ...

It's Tuesday, and that means Top Ten day over at The Broke and the Bookish .  Head on over and check out all the blogs who posted lists ...

I'm posting this a bit early this week because on Monday morning, we'll be at the hospital waiting while my 17-year old son gets all...

Whew, another insanely busy week before school starts!  Our schedule has been unbelievable, with all sorts of medical appointments, physical...

After hearing wonderful praise for over a year, I finally found the time to read The Passage , a hefty tome by Justin Cronin that l...

Wow, what a weekend!  We got together with my extended family - 14 of us! - in the Poconos for a weekend of swimming, kayaking, horseback ri...

I am a big fan of Jennifer Haigh’s novels.   I enjoyed Mrs. Kimble and loved Baker Towers so much that I read it twice and convin...

It's Top Ten Tuesday over at The Broke and the Bookish !  Today's topic is underrated books.  This took some thought.  I tried to ...

Happy Monday morning!  I always look forward to hearing what everyone is reading each week.  It makes Monday a day to look forward to! We ...

My husband and I just finished listening to an audio of the memoir The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee by Sarah ...

Well, this is going to look like a pretty pathetic monthly summary!  We returned from vacation on July 2, and shortly after that, I decided ...

August 1st already!  July seemed to go by quickly.  I had a very unusual week - my kids were gone all week, and my husband was gone half of ...

I was already a huge fan of Rachel Simon’s thoughtful and engaging memoirs ( Riding the Bus with My Sister and Building a Home with My Husb...

I mentioned last week in The Demise of Bookstores that Borders is closing, as you have all probably heard by now.  I went on a pilgrimage t...

It's Tuesday and that means Top Ten day over at The Broke and the Bookish .  Today's topic is Books That Tackle Tough Issues .  I l...

What's that sound??  Ah, it's silence. This weekend, my husband and I dropped off our two teen boys at their grandparents' house...

I recently read this column by author Mitch Albom (of Tuesdays with Morrie fame) about the downfall of Borders as a symbol of the challeng...

Both of my book groups take the summer off, so when I returned from vacation a few weeks ago, I was faced with a delightful decision - what ...

July 18...summer is already half over!  We had a very busy week here, filled with doctor's appointments, errands, and running the kids a...

I heard an hour-long interview with author chef Gabrielle Hamilton on NPR one day and was so fascinated with her unusual life stor...