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...
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...
The Ageism/Sexism Combo
There’s undeniably a cultural stigma of ageism which compounds on the hinderance of women’s stories being told with as much honesty and...