Review: “Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music”

"Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music" by James Rhodes Bloomsbury USA, 304 pages (originally published in 2014 in the UK by Canongate Books) Expected publication date: Feb. 7, 2017 ISBN: 163286696X "My own personal 'Goldberg Variations' began as a 7lb baby screaming my lungs out, and my life so far has consisted of many …

A few of my favorite (Christmas) things

Merry Christmas to all, from That Book Lady Blog! In honor of this special day, I want to share with you some of the things I enjoy most this time of year. Favorite book When I was little, my mom ordered "A Story a Day 'Til Christmas" from the Current catalog. For several years, it was …

Top Ten Tuesday: Movies about music

Happy Tuesday! So this week's TTT, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is a "movie freebie," eh? OK. I'm not a huge movie buff, but I'm still not sure I can narrow my favorites down to just 10. I really enjoy films about music, so let's go with that! In no particular order ... 1. …

Week in review – Oct. 22, 2016

Another week is almost in the books. This past week, I didn't read as much as I'd have liked BECAUSE NLCS PLAYOFFS. Go, Cubs, go. Jared and I are nervously awaiting tonight's Game 6. You can read my husband's thoughts on the playoffs here - he is a lifelong Cubs fan and knows his stuff. (I just …

Angel at my door: ‘Rabbit trail’ thoughts

My mind has a tendency to follow rabbit trails. Sometimes, like this morning, that's a positive thing. For those of you who may not have picked up on it yet, my faith in Jesus Christ is very important to me. I've been following Him since I was 13 years old, but like any believer I …