School. We've been back at it for a month now, and the bloom is off the rose. Every weekday morning there are groans and whining instead of bounces and enthusiasm like there were during the first few days of school. While Sarah Maizes' latest book in the On My Way To... series … [Read more...]
Book Review: All You Need Is Less by Madeleine Somerville
Last week I spent at least an hour and a half scrubbing my stainless steel teakettle. And I blame this book. We've had this teakettle for 12 years. It was a wedding gift - that's how I know how old it is. It lives on the stovetop, where I saute and fry and brown and boil, … [Read more...]
No Fear Shakespeare: Shortcuts With a Twist
Hamlet as a graphic novel? Yes, please! First of all, a confession: Someone pitched me the No Fear Shakespeare series over a year ago in advance of Shakespeare's 2,134th birthday on April 23rd. So two of his birthdays later (OK fine I actually looked it up and this year … [Read more...]
Book Review: Everybody Has Everything by Katrina Onstad
You know how there are so many, SO MANY, novels out there that make you cry and think about terrible things and yet you can't put them down because the writing is so beautiful or the story is so amazing or, conversely, the writing is so awful that you can't believe someone … [Read more...]
The Parents’ Phrase Book
It's been a while since I read a parenting book. I mean, come on. I'm a pro at this now, right? When we have our babies, we stock up on the guides and the girlfriends' advice and the blogs and the calendars. We look out for the developmental milestones and we compare … [Read more...]