What I’m Reading: Belong to Me
Just finished Marisa de los Santos’ “Belong to Me,” the sequel to “Love Walked In,” which I found difficult to enjoy because its dual POV distracted me from getting lost in the story. When I saw that “Belong to Me” […]
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What I’m Reading: Love Walked In
I just finished “Love Walked In,” a novel recommended and Christmas-gifted by my sister, who’s a big fan of the author, Marisa de los Santos. It’s the story of Cornelia, a coffee shop manager who loves old movies and whose […]
I Think He Walked Out of a Carl Hiaasen Novel
Speaking of traveling with animals, saw this guy on the news this morning and couldn’t believe it was an actual human being and not a character in a wacky Miami-spoofing novel by Carl Hiaasen or Dave Barry. I mean, seriously […]
What I’m Reading: Three Men in a Boat
I recently finished “Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog!)” by Jerome K. Jerome, a book I’d never heard of until my sister recommended it to me last fall. The story is a humorous account of […]
Reading List: The Once and Future King
Netflix recently added “The Sword in the Stone” to its streaming lineup, and since it’s one of the few Disney animated features I’d never seen, I sat down with my husband, who remembers watching it on VHS as a child, […]
World’s Worst-read English Major?
I am what some may consider the world’s worst-read English major. I can’t count the number of conversations I’ve had in which someone has said to me “What? You’ve never read [insert name of Great Book here]?” For instance, I […]