I just started watching Amazon's original series Transparent last week, and I've been so excited to write about it here. It'...

(This is my monthly book column, reprinted from the January 2016 issue of Vital! magazine. You can also see it online at their website , alo...

My husband and I watched the recently released The Intern this weekend and enjoyed the light, funny movie with a fantastic cast. Robert...

This morning, the American Library Association announced winner's of the Newberry, Caldecott, and Printz Honors, as well as other awards...

I had a good first week of the year - my chronic illness was mildly flared up, but it was a relief to be home and back in my normal routin...

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads.  My mother treated our family to a vacation at a resort in Jamaica last week. He...

I have read nine of prolific author Jodi Picoult’s 22 novels, but I have missed her half-dozen or so most recent one...

Echo , a middle-grade novel by Pam Mu ñ oz Ryan, languished in my virtual “pile” of to-listen-to audiobook downloads for almost a year....

I am back home after some time off and trying to get back into the blogging routine. This is kind of a dead period on TV, in between fall ...

Happy New Year!! I love the start of a new year - fresh start, new goals, new possibilities. We had a very busy holiday season ...

I am a big fan of Chris Bohjalian’s novels – each has such unique plots and characters and no two are alike. I have ...

All four of us came down with a stomach virus last week (actually 12 extended family members in total got it!), so we spent last Monday sp...

Whew, what a crazy time of year! I haven't been on the blog much this month and even missed last week's What Are You Reading M...

So much for my plan not to get so far behind again! Between holiday prep, lots of travel to see family, and a stomach virus that went ...

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads.  Sorry I haven;t been around much on the blog lately. Between  holiday preparati...

The cover of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire S á enz is covered with awa...