I’ve said it before: a great book is one that makes me wish I were back in the classroom so I could teach it. Their […] Read More
I first learned of A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband, Career and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun from a review in my local paper, […] Read More
John Irving’s latest novel, Queen Esther, opens with four-year-old Esther dropped at an orphanage with little information about herself, aside from her Jewish heritage. In […] Read More
I’m fully hooked on my backyard birds. Over time, I’ve added three different types of feeders (seasonally rotated), a birdbath, and two birdhouses. A few […] Read More
When I’m scheduling out when we’ll read our books, the toughest selection is the one that we’ll read in June. This is because this book […] Read More
Two years may not make a streak, but it looks to be headed that way. And this is the type of streak we love. We […] Read More
OK, fellow people who love books, love talking about books, like planning their next book to read (or ten) or just, in general, like thinking […] Read More
Inés lives under the weight of expectations—from her family, her husband, and the Catholic Church. In the end, each betrays her. The youngest of four […] Read More
Ahhh: May. Time to hit the beach or the pool. School’s getting out. There’s a long weekend waiting for you at the end of the […] Read More
Fans of Wally Lamb will feel right at home in The River is Waiting, where the angst and raw humanity of Corby Ledbetter echo Lamb’s […] Read More