From Pete the Cat: It’s All Good

October 14, 2019

One of the joys of grandparenting is revisiting stories I loves to read my own children and sharing them with …

Five Debut Novels Worth Sampling

August 12, 2018

I’ve been putting together a reading list of recently published debut novels that have been making a splash in the …

February 12, 2018

I have two books on my nightstand, Shogun by James Clavell and Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Both …

February 7, 2018

What draws a reader into a story and compels her to keep tuning pages? This interests me both as a …

February 26, 2015

. . . have you read anything hot lately? Perhaps it was the convergence of Valentine’s Day and the release …

September 19, 2014

Sad to say, but I abandon more books than I finish nowadays. I simply lose interest in them. I read a …