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• Review: Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

  

  If you like stories about space and different alien species, combined with a mystery, you should enjoy this one. This is the first in a three-book series about... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book/Movie Review: The Running Man by Stephen King

  

  The Running Man is a novella written by Stephen King under the name of Richard Bachman. It was published in 1985 as a book of four stories called The Bachman... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reflections on Finishing My First Year of Teaching

  

  Last March, I left my 22-year job with the Department of Education. I chose to take early retirement when my other options included being laid off, transferred... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun

  

  I loved this book about a group of people who take a cruise from Boston to the Bahamas right after September 11. Yun contrasts the fear and chaos of Boston and... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My May Reading Wrap-Up

  

  In May, I visited family in Phoenix, and Mr. CG and I went to a Washington Spirit game, a rosé tasting, and celebrated the Memorial Day weekend with our... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My 20 Books of Summer TBR List

  

  The only TBR list I follow every year is for the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge (#20BOS26), hosted this year by AnnaBookBel. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Tuesday: My Favorite Books by My Favorite Authors

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is our ten favorite authors and our favorite books by each of them. It was hard to narrow my... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ARC Review: The Girl With a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean

  

  I loved Sunyi Dean’s The Book Eaters, and I devoured this one (pun intended). It’s a magical story of vengeful spirits, but it’s also a story of history,... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ARC Review: Walk by Courtney Conley and Milica McDowell

  

  Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way to Boost Your Health and Longevity – One Step at a Time, by Drs. Courtney Conley and Milica McDowell, aims to convince... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ARC Review: How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay by Jenny Lawson

  

  I’m a huge fan of Jenny Lawson, so her books are pretty much must-buys for me. This book comes with Lawson’s unique blend of humor, weirdness, and... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ARC Review: Go Gentle by Maria Semple

  

  This book mashes together mystery-thriller, ancient philosophy, divorce and parenting, romance, and #metoo. It’s a lot. I enjoyed it, but it won’t be a... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My April Reading Wrap-Up

  

  April was busy, with family visits at the beginning and end of the month. We’re also in the last quarter of the school year, and the kids are preparing to take... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

  

  I loved this novel about the bonds of family and found family. It’s about a 19-year-old Vietnamese-American, Hai, who tries to jump off a bridge but is stopped... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks

  

  Brooks is one of my favorite authors, and this will certainly be one of my top reads of the year. It’s a memoir about love and grief, written in Brooks’... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Books I’m Teaching: Recent YA Reads

  

  I get asked this question a lot: are your kids reading books in English class? This seems to be in response to recent articles about how kids are going to... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Book Titles That Describe Me

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is to identify ten books with titles that describe us (topic submitted by Susan at... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ARC Review: The Wanderers by Daniela Gerson

  

  This was a fascinating memoir and history of the paths some Polish Jews traveled to escape the Nazis during the Holocaust. In this book, Gerson researches her... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl

  

  I loved this memoir by Angela Buchdahl, who is a Korean-American rabbi of one of the largest synagogues in the country. She came to the U.S. as a young girl wit... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My March Reading Wrap-Up

  March was a busy month, which was nice after a long winter. I volunteered with my library’s used book sale, went to the home opener of our NWSL soccer team, wen... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ARC Review: Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict

  

  This was my first book by Marie Benedict, and I think anyone who’s interested in the history of ancient Egypt will enjoy this book. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2026 BOOKS, CULTURE