Book Review: Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen My rating: 5 of 5 stars You should know, up front, …
Tag Archives: Memoir
The Big “1-Oh!”
The twins turned TEN on Tuesday. I cannot believe that it’s been a decade since I uttered these completely stoned …
Book Review: Blue Nights by Joan Didion
In the same (and yet very different) vein of The Year of Magical Thinking, the memoir Blue Nights focuses on …
In Pursuit of Books
Can you ever really have too many books? Well, duh. The obvious answer is “No!” I can see you shaking …
Fortune Fail
When Will and I brought home our bag of freshly-baked fortune cookies, I guess that I had the idea that …
Today’s Trial (or Justifying My Every Move to the Jury in the Back Seat)
“What the hell, Mom?!” “Why’d you stop so fast?!” “Because a cat leaped out of those bushes and into the …
Book Review- Courage & Craft: Writing Your Life Into Story by Barbara Abercrombie
Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life into Story by Barbara Abercrombie My rating: 3 of 5 stars As I am …
Me?! Wow, thanks!!
I’m so unbelievably pleased to use my 101st post to revel in the fact that a blogging buddy, Little Miss …
Assorted Book Reviews: Playing Catch Up….
In a recent burst of enthusiasm for the written word, I read three YA books, two memoirs, and a self-help …
Reading About Writing
I like to read about writing. Go figure. Something about hearing another writer talk about the “craft”or what inspires them …
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