Maybe it’s just pure coincidence, but my favorite humor writer of all times is Celia Rivenbark, who also has the wisdom and good fortune to live on the Carolina coast. Seriously, she just makes me laugh. A couple of weeks ago, in a funk peppered with irritation over things so mundane they’re not worth mentioning […]
I’m Reading
The Audio Book of The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, read by Graeme Malcolm
Many of you are probably familiar with the story The Tale of Despereaux, either through the movie version or through the book. If you’ve only seen the movie, which is well-done but a vastly different storyline, I encourage you to read the book. Large parts of the story are not included in the movie and […]
A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman by Lisa Shannon
Earlier this year, I noticed a book on a kiosk by my library’s checkout desk. All I can say is that I defy anyone with ovaries to walk by a book titled A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman and not give pause. I suspect it can’t […]
The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
In one of the great mysteries of my universe, I only encountered this book, originally published in 1972, quite recently. Despite the fact that Pat Conroy is obviously a well-known author, despite the fact that I’ve read some of his other works, despite the fact that he is, like me, a former high school teacher, […]
About My Reading
So in some bizarre twist of fate, I like to read. Wow, a former reading and English teacher who did freelance editing for fun likes to read? Who would have guessed it! Yes, I was the pasty-looking kid with stringy long hair and brandless denim sitting in the middle row of the bus readingon the […]