Dash is living and breathing Dog Man 24 hours a day this summer. One thing he and Lucy like about it is how some of the titles are references to "real" books, so we came…
Category: First Loves
The book according to me
I've been wanting to reread an old John Irving book for quite a while now. He was a very early favorite of mine, but it's been quite a while since he wrote something I liked.…
I’m not a kid, I happen to be 18
Were Judy Blume books essential reading for you when you were young? She certainly was for me and all my friends, but all these years later, I'm still never sure quite how universal the Judy…
One thing leads to another…
I had a few reasons for reading Last Things this weekend. For one, I love graphic memoirs, in fact, they're typically the only memoirs I can stand. I also tend to be in pressing-on-a-bruise mode…
Yep, still there
Jenny opened a plastic compact, looked into it, and then snapped it shut, as if merely making certain that she was still there. That little bit from Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant has stuck with…
Gimme shelter
One of the perks of having been a precocious reader was getting book recs from my mom at an early age. I can thank my mother for introducing me to Anne Tyler, John Irving, Toni…
Berthe Erica Crow!
"The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that) but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!" These opening lines of The Westing Game still pop into my head anytime I need to remember which…
It may not be great but read it anyway
Oh how I wish I could go back in time right now and make my 14 year old self write a book report on The Handmaid's Tale. I remember that I got it as a…
Unforgettable
I go through two or three books a week, so I don't always remember everything I read, even if I enjoyed it in the moment. One book I will never forget is Jill McCorkle's first…