Some of my best memories as a kid is of my mom telling us bedtime stories. I have two siblings that I grew up with (I have two additional siblings from subsequent marriages but not until after we were older). Our rooms were at one end of the house, with the bedroom doors […]

Remember the movie “You’ve got Mail” with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks about the small bookstore owner’s livelihood being threatened by the huge chain moving in across the street? I haven’t thought about that movie in years. This morning, though, I was reminded of not the love story, but the trauma caused to […]

The other day, I was watching AMC and a commercial for A Christmas Carol was shown. This was one of the first “classic” stories I remember receiving as a gift. I remember liking the story - but not loving it as much as the movie or the play.
Over the years, I’ve tried repeatedly […]

A couple of weeks ago, I let you know what I thought about Maya Angelou’s “I know why the Caged Bird Sings.” I thought one of the reasons why I wasn’t too impressed was because that book is only one section of the complete autobiography. I decided I’d read “the Collected Autobiographies of […]

I believe a book is not real until I’ve been able to write in it and make notes. Its not loved until its dissected character by character, plot by subplot. I keep going back to “The Velveteen Rabbit” - something is not real until you’ve worn away its nose, had its eyes […]

I did a little research on some of the books that were banned over the last century; and I just don’t understand the audacity of people who want books banned, and which ones they challenge.
My first question, and maybe one of the most important for society to think about, is how can an educational institute […]

One of the best smells in the world to me is an old used bookstore. I love the way you can almost taste the books lying on the shelves waiting for someone to notice. Browsing an old book store is like looking for that perfect puppy at the SPCA. If books could be […]