

Year of Wonders
The reluctant hero. It's a tale as old as time and one of my favorites, although I prefer to frame it as a hero of circumstance. This...


Reading again and it feels so good.
Well, on the plus side, instead of not blogging for two years I just took a quaint little 7 month break this time. I'll save you (and me,...


Well, I'm back.
Hi. Again. You know how sometimes you start a blog because your freelance career, and your full-time painting job, and you volunteer...


A book that's fun but flawed
There's a very touching back story to this book: the author, Jane Lotter, was a very successful humorist writing for the Seattle Sun and...


A book like no other.
Unconventional. Raw. Honest. Discomforting. Truly beautiful. I can say with confidence that Eileen is unlike anything I have ever read....


A book for these times.
A short review because this book is a must-read, but it doesn't feature a strong female fictional character. It's an auto-biography of a...


Why I Love New Beginings
Little aesthetic upgrade to the blog this evening. Because, IT'S A NEW YEAR! Anyone who knows me knows I absolutely love the holiday...


Forging Success
From the voice of Lorelei Gilmore (literally, if you’re listening on audiobook) is this fun and fulfilling book about a young(ish)...


Wow. Just wow.
This book is a powerhouse. I think it knocked the wind out of me a half dozen times. A black woman named Dana lives in 1976 California...


The Book that is "Clueless"
The first time I read Emma, I was 22 and I very much did not enjoy it. I thought Emma was insufferable* and the story was too...