The Berenstain Bears and I Have Too Much Stuff: Five Suggestions for Organizing
I made an effort to pick up my house today. I do regular cleaning projects, like mopping, dusting, vacuuming, and …
Monthly Archives: May 2012
A Bestseller Worthy of the Praise: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
I picked up The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks expecting a charming bildungsroman of a young girl in the south …
A Mild Crusade to Resurrect Dorothy Whipple and a Feminist Reading List
I wrote my Master’s thesis on British author Dorothy Whipple’s novel The Priory (1939). I enjoy Whipple’s work. She has …
It’s Okay to Be an Introvert: A Review of Susan Cain’s Quiet
Today is my birthday, and if I could choose to do whatever I wanted, I would choose to be alone …
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Smelly Book Full of Clichés
Why do mass market paperback books smell so funny? I could barely hold my copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to …
The African American Experience: Roots and W. E. B. Du Bois
Alex Haley, famous for writing Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976), searched for identity by tracing his family …
Unwanted Reading Recommendations: Borrowing, Returning, and Remembering Books
What do you do when somebody loans you a book that you don’t want to read? Has this ever happened …
When I Grow Up I Want to Be Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson is so smart that I can barely understand her books. Her work forces me to slow down, savor …
Meeting One of My Favorite Authors: Alexander McCall Smith
The only thing I asked Alexander McCall Smith when I met him was: “Is the book by Clovis Andersen, The …
The Brilliant Comedy of Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813) is the first book on the BBC book list. I think that is fitting, …
