Have you ever admired a piece of art and then afterwards tried to describe it a friend and find yourself falling short on how to describe it? It’s not that…
Movie Review: The Giver – Some things always change
Imagine a world where books don’t exist. Love has been eliminated. Everything that differentiates you from others is squashed. There is no first love because there is no love. And…
The Giver by Lois Lowry – What would you be willing to give up?
What do you think the world would be like if there was no love? Instead you would be bound to your family and spouse by a sense of obligation and…
Audiobook Review: The Wrong Side of the Tracks by Mike Wells – A juvenile delinquent’s story
I grew up near train tracks. They run behind my childhood home and they used to present a tempting playground for me and my sister. We could walk almost a…
Review: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
Have you ever done something and gotten away with it and hoped it wouldn’t come back around one day and bite you in the butt? Maybe you cheated on a…
eBook Review: Dying to Forget by Trish Marie Dawson – Dying is only the beginning
This weekend was a little tougher than most, I attended a child’s funeral. I won’t go into the details as I’d like to protect the identity of the parents, but…
Video Review: The Fault in our Stars Movie
There are an infinite set of numbers between 0 and 1 – .1, .11, .12… Hazel and Augustus spent an eternity together within a small infinity. They fell in love…
The Fault in our Stars by John Green –The world is not a wish-granting factory
News flash – life isn’t fair and cancer is a non-discriminatory bastard that can jump into anyone’s life at any time. My great grandparents, two blue collar working class people…
eBook Review: Real Happy Family by Caeli Wolfson Widger – Sometimes “Normal” is Everything
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to be famous; have everyone recognize you as you walk down the street, have an unlimited cash flow and still get almost…
Book Review: Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret? By Judy Blume – Those awkward years
Yesterday I spoke with my aunt who just retired from teaching and is substituting at a Middle School. She told me stories of the kids being mischievous, trying to take…