A couple years ago I stumbled across Emilie Wapnick’s TED talk — “Why some of us don’t have one true calling” — and I felt like I’d found a soul mate. In that presentation, Wapnick talks about how she had… Read More ›
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The Other F-Word by Natasha Friend
“That’s all they wanted, wasn’t it? Milo thought. To know where they came from? It wasn’t right, it wasn’t wrong, it just was.” In the 90s, test-tube babies, as babies conceived in vitro fertilization were called back then, were headline news and a huge… Read More ›
Patricia Cornwell Takes Another Stab at Jack The Ripper
RIPPER: THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER SICKERT by Patricia Cornwell hits bookstores tomorrow (2/28/17). Corwell is not the first person to pin the Jack the Ripper crimes on Walter Sickert (1860-1942). The work of several investigators before her lead to… Read More ›
The Dude Diet: Clean(ish) Food for People Who Like to Eat Dirty
I’m not much of a cook. Neither is my wife. We have some fancier recipes in our repertoire, but for the most part we like pizza, mac & cheese, dogs in blankets, etc. We’re both 50 year old women, but… Read More ›
Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay
I still haven’t gotten around to reading Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full of Ghosts, which seemed to be all over the bookish internet last year, but I plan on it. When I saw that his new release was going on… Read More ›
Memoirs: Love Them or Hate Them? Why We Write About Ourselves.
Memoirs. Love them or hate them? If you love them you’ll definitely want to check out this book. If you hate them…you also may want to check this one out as it might help you appreciate memoirs (or, I suppose,… Read More ›
The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
I am both attracted to and repelled by novels that involve animals. I’m a big softy when it comes to critters, so normally I err on the side of caution and say no to animal books. The controversial subject of… Read More ›