Firefighters fighting for literacy: Oh, my heart…

I'm not exaggerating when I say this post from Jason Tremere of New Brunswick in Canada is the most uplifting story I've read in a while. The firefighters of Moncton, on the east coast of New Brunswick, volunteer their time to read with students at Bessborough School - which, if you ask me, sounds like a great place to …

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 …

My strange addiction: Goodreads giveaways

Good morning, all; hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start. I did an awful lot of those weekly memes/challenges/whatever the heck you call them this week. And I started feeling like kind of a slacker as a result. I love all the connections I've made with other book bloggers because of them, and …

Required reading: The good, the bad and the ugly

Throughout my formative years, I came to regard two words taken together with a mix of excitement and skepticism. The educational system, in its infinite wisdom, has designated certain tomes as "required reading." I recall the excitement of seeing identical volumes stacked neatly in a box, each copy marked with its own number in case …

That crazy book lady

Everyone has a story. Mine began with books. In a corner of the playroom in my family's first home was a book case lined with colorful volumes of children's stories - many of them passed down from my much older half-brother. "The Runaway Flying Horse." "The Little Old Man Who Could Not Read." "Leaf Magic." "Walt and Pepper." …