I am a lover of stories. I love to hear them, to read them, to watch them, write them, distill them from someone’s life, and daydream...

Date finished: 2/13/2010 Review: I have a vivid memory of sitting on the couch with my mom when I was a little girl reading Little Women...

I have a long-standing love affair with books. Bookstores put me into a peaceful, happy state as I run my fingers across the spines of...

Last year, I went all crazy and set this goal to ready 50 books in a year. While that didn’t happen, I did successfully read about 26...

Last night, in the middle of reading a book, I started crying. That admission actually isn’t the newsworthy part of this post. I cry a...

So, I set this goal to read 50 books in a year for 2009. It wasn’t really a resolution, per se, but a goal and something I could do to...

For some reason, about two months ago, I started getting Newsweek in the mail. The thing was, I couldn’t remember ever signing up for it....

So my plan to read a book a week this year may have hit a rough patch. Or, you could say, hit a traffic jam on Revolutionary Road....

So I could write a beautiful, thought-provoking post today, but I’m not going to. Mostly because I haven’t had many thought-provoking...

So I stole this thing from my friend Brandy’s blog, but since she also stole it. . . I don’t even think it matters! 🙂 Here’s the low...

I finished Atonement (the book, not the movie) last night as I watched the final basketball games of the day. And the ending, though I...

So, if the title of this post tells you anything, let’s just say it’s only 7 a.m. and it’s been one of those days. Let me start by saying...

And I’m addicted . . . to buying books. I took a break from the gym today (soreness is BACK!) and decided a stop at the used bookstore...

So awhile back, my friend Brandy posted a blog about her “quirks.” It gave me a good belly laugh when I read it, and actually, the idea...

about this? I think I’m going try to read all these books this year. Except for The Call of the Wild. I read that in high school and...

So, I was inspired by USA Today’s list of top 25 most influential books (from the last 25 years) and decided it was time to make a list...