I talk to my students a lot about the difference between liking something for enjoyment and appreciating something for its beauty or...

Last week I talked about how I focused my recent reading on books about Italy, in response to my withdrawal from such an amazing place. I...

My trip to Italy in August was amazing. I absolutely loved it. As part of my trip, I wanted to read a lot of Italy-based books before we...

Happy Book Review Day! Typically I keep this blog pretty family friendly. I don't really watch my language, but I typically don't swear a...

Happy Thursday! This means it's book review day! Last week I went on a bit of a road trip to visit my family. It's approximately a...

In 1992, a young man wandered into the Alaskan wilderness to live for four months off the land. He'd dared such adventures before, but...

Happy Thursday! One day closer to the weekend, and also book review day! Yes, an actual-to-goodness book review on actual-to-goodness...

So after my hiatus from the blog to deal with the end of school craziness, it took me longer to get back into the "swing of things" than...

In the last year or two I discovered, really discovered, magical realism. This novel distinctly falls into that category. Part folk tale,...

I was on a bit of a historical fiction kick last month, particularly war-themed historical fiction. During that I read Robert Olmstead's...

Happy Thursday, which means happy book review day! Last month I read Elizabeth Stout's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Olive Kitteridge....

Happy review day all! I am in such a ridiculously good mood lately. Spring is actually here - the sun is shining! And I'm on my way to a...

A few weeks ago I read The Book of Night Women, by Marlon James. The story follows Lilith, at the end of the eighteenth century, a slave...

Happy Thursday! Happy book review day! And, since I know a ridiculously large quantity of people who have a birthday today (seriously,...

I have definite political opinions, but for the most part, I try to avoid writing about them on this blog. But today I'm reviewing a...

Yay, it's officially spring! Yes, I know I live in Canada, which means it's probably going to keep snowing off and on for a while yet,...

Last week I finished Mona Awad's book, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. But, while I often compose my review for a book a day or two...

After reading The Pilot's Wife earlier in February, this book caught my eye from my bookshelf. Another book with "wife" in the title. I...

I love movies. Not as much as I love books, mind you, but still a lot. Every year, my husband and I (and his parents!) watch all of the...

Ah, Thursday. The weekend is in sight. Plus this one is special, with that whole brand, shiny new weekend-ness. And Thursday is extra...