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• Three Truths And a Lie by Lisa Gardner

  

  I have never read anything by Lisa Gardner before. But when my life feels hectic and overwrought, my favorite genre for escape is a thriller. And when time is... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Why I Do Not Like Your Red Cups, Starbucks

  

  Dear Starbucks, I love red. I wear red lipstick every day. I have driven a red Beetle for the past five years. My house is filled with accents of red, from my... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beginning Don Quixote. “…A Manual for Life.”

  

  After a day of distributing treats to the children in my class, it seemed a fitting end to come home and find a few treats for myself. Particularly this novel... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Emma by Jane Austen: An Invitation to Read Along With Us This December

  

  There's been a conversation on Twitter about reading as a read-along. It began with Audrey, who commented on my post announcing the special edition by saying... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An October Day in Geneva, Illinois

  

  You can hardly imagine the spun sugar creations from Alain Roby at All Chocolate Kitchen. There are pumpkins, and caramel apples, and bakery treats too... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Observation

  

  I had my formal observation on Tuesday. After 31 years of teaching, I still find myself becoming a bit nervous about how my teaching skills are perceived. Or,... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

  

  Mist. Quicksands. Encroaching fog with finger-like tendrils. A house in a marsh with a tide which prevents an easy escape. A gaunt figure dressed in black whic... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope

  

  But they were all very happy, and were sure that there was safety in their happiness. p. 640 Such a lovely, gentle book. At first, I took issue with it that... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Salon: Of Small Houses and Things Far Far Away

  

  I'm bound and determined to finish The Small House at Allington, book five in the Chronicles of Barsetshire, by Anthony Trollope today. Its interest to me... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Eagerly Anticipating German Lit Month V

  

  This slideshow requires JavaScript. Lizzy and Caroline have announced the arrival of German Lit Month V this November. I saw Stu's possible list on Twitter... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In Anticipation of the BBC National Short Story Award

  

  I almost loved my drive to work this morning. I spent thirty minutes in my car, amidst traffic which largely consists of trucks bearing down full speed on my... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Salon and A Flurry of Books In The Mail (Several of Which Include a Futur...

  

  I have been so busy reading for the Man Booker Prize I've practically forgotten that other books are waiting to be read. And while reading for the Booker was... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The (Wo)Man Shadow Jury Comes to a Decision

  Frances, Teresa, Rebecca, Nicole and I comprised the Shadow Jury for the (Wo)Man Booker Prize. They did a more thorough job than I of reading the long list... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Personal List for the (Wo)Man Booker Shadow Panel Prize

  

  Yesterday, amidst all my Saturday chores (making meatballs and homemade tomato sauce for dinner, cleaning the house, folding the laundry, putting on an indulgen... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• But I’ve Been Away for Hours and Hours

  

  Lucy ran out of the empty room into the passage and found the other three. "It's all right," she repeated, "I've come back." "What on earth are you talking... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Did You Ever Have A Family? (Book 7 for the (Wo)Man Booker Prize)

  

  Another book about family in the long list for the Booker. But, Did You Ever Have a Family? stands out as especially piercing. I thought I would be too... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Satin Island by Tom McCarthy (Book 6 for the (Wo)Man Booker Prize)

  

  Frances loved it. I could barely finish it. While I found McCarthy's style initially resembling the satire and wit of Edward St. Aubyn, I quickly tired of his... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan (Book 5 for the (Wo)Man Booker Prize)

  

  Another book about family. Written beautifully, to be sure, but like Anne Enright's The Green Road, not worthy of the Booker. An old woman named Anne,... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Book 4 for the (Wo)Man Booker Prize)

  

  And it wasn't until a few weeks after that that I was able to open the letter he had left us on his table. I hadn't been able to bear it earlier; I wasn't sure ... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Green Road by Anne Enright (Book 3 for the (Wo)Man Booker Prize)

  

  I'd like to say I liked this book. That it deserves its place on the Man Booker long list. But, for me? It was another look at family, which while well... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE