Although I started 2015 with a bang in January, my reading kind of fell by the wayside in February. I had a pretty busy month job searching and networking (which has actually been less painful than I anticipated), and I … Continue reading
For hundreds of thousands of years, humans were just like any other animal. They lived in small groups, foraged for food, hunted, and were prayed upon by larger animals. When homo sapiens was born 200,000 years ago, there was nothing to … Continue reading
One night during the sweltering summer of 1989, 15-year-old Lindy Simpson is raped just down the street from her suburban home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her assault rocks the idyllic neighborhood as Lindy, her family, her classmates, and her neighbors deal … Continue reading
Woof. That’s all I have to say about the last week. A lot of emotionally draining things happened, and I really didn’t get much reading done. I started The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman but gave up … Continue reading
There has been a lot of talk lately about the pressures all bloggers feel at one time or another. In addition to commitments like work and family, we feel like we have to read all the new releases, publish posts … Continue reading
A misfit Palestinian boy is pressured into a suicide bombing by intimidating classmates. A woman is returned to her family in Kuwait after being held captive in Iraq for ten years. Among these ripped-from-the-headlines tales are stories and vignettes about everyday … Continue reading
As much as it pains me to admit, reading isn’t just snuggling up under blankets and devouring a life-changing story while sipping on a cup of coffee (or tea, or wine, or insert your favorite beverage here). It has its … Continue reading
It’s been a rough week here in Buffalo. A head cold has been kicking my ass since last Monday; one of the windshield wipers snapped off my car, and a few days later the car battery died right when I … Continue reading
Confession: I have a thing for weird medical history. It started with Mary Roach’s Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex and has deepened over the last year as I have listened to the Sawbones podcast, a marital tour of misguided medicine. … Continue reading
As a young woman, Aganetha “Aggie” Smart made history as a gold medalist in the 1928 Olympics, the first games in which women were allowed to compete in track events. Many decades later, at the age of 104, she is … Continue reading
