Overbooked

I have long felt that well-written memoirs can make for some of the most powerful narratives. The baring of one’s soul, the vulnerability, the courage, and the heartfelt expression of our often painful and messy human condition is inspiring to me. That said, I have to admit that it isn’t [...]

Poetry has always had the ability to communicate things for me in a deeper way than any prose could achieve. And while I’ve never been an avid follower of poetry, there have been several poets who have been particularly significant to me. The first was Khalil Gibran and came in [...]

In Blog #7: Girls Just Want To Have Fun, I promised to revisit the Women’s Fiction genre, probably numerous times. I love reading about the complexities of women’s relationships with the many common themes that touch all of our lives: friendship, lovers, marriage and divorce, secrets and lies, betrayal, loss [...]

Throughout my twenties and early thirties, my “go-to” fiction genre was Thriller. I read Robert Ludlum, Ken Follett, Tom Clancy, and John le Carré. (And loved the movies that followed many of these novels.) Maybe it was an obsession with spies or conspiracies. Or simply the adrenaline rush. But, other [...]

In my last blog, High School Reunion, I talked about my favorite high school English teacher and the impact he had on my reading and writing. He was one of many wonderful teachers I had from grade school through graduate school, all of whom influenced me in different but important [...]

In my last blog, Harry Potter, I talked about two fantasy series I remembered from my teen years: Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy and C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. That led me to think about other books I’d read in high school, and [...]

In my last blog, Child’s Play, I talked about Children’s books, a subject I know I’ll return to here in the future. This week I want to jump ahead a few years to Harry Potter. My younger son was eight when the first book was published and he is still [...]

I know this won’t be my first blog on this topic. I love Children’s Books. Especially picture books. One of my favorite rituals with my sons when they were young was our weekly trip to the library, and the daily reading of those books curled up together on the sofa. [...]