I’m going to let you know one of my secret guilty pleasures – The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I discovered it by accident one day when I was…
2013 Countdown – A Year of Reading in Review
Yesterday was New Year’s Eve – the last day of 2013 and my dating anniversary with my long-time boyfriend. With so much going on over the last year from the…
Movie Review: The Hobbit 2 – Tolkien would be proud
SPOILER ALERT: If you have not seen the movie or read book, you may want to think twice about reading this post because I give a lot of it away and…
Review: Love & Haight by Tracey Madeley – A social experiment in youth
Do you remember what it was like when you were 18 years old? Just graduated from high school and on my way to college, I’m afraid I was a little…
Movie Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Remember who the enemy is
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate movies that have been adapted from books. Not only do they give me something to consider reading myself, they also open up…
Killing Kennedy – 50 Years of Conspiracies and Truth
Here in the U.S., you’ll often hear people say “Where were you when… happened?” I can remember exactly where I was on 9/11/01 when the twin towers went down. I…
Review: Goodbye Emily by Michael Murphy – Going back in order to move forward
Do you remember your high school days? Maybe you were a jock and hung out with other athletes at your school. Maybe you were artsy and spent your study halls…
RIP Michael Palmer – More than an author, he was a friend to many
There are some people out there who have the ability to surprise you by how they turn out. I look at some of the kids I went to high school…
Not for Glory by J.R. Tomlin – The last installment of The Black Douglas Trilogy
Have you ever felt restless? The house is clean, the kids are in bed, and the bills are paid and on the table waiting to be put in the mailbox…
Looking for a literary costume for Halloween? We’ve got some suggestions.
Halloween is right around the corner. In my house growing up, this was a big deal. I can remember Halloween parties at our house and bobbing for apples in the…