I Am a Book Monster
August 5, 2017 I love book marks, but I love books too, so I am a “monster.” I fold, I mark, I spill coffee on them. I carry them around in my purse, and roll over on them in bed. I get them wet and get sand stuck...
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What I’m Reading Now (29): A Man Called Ove
June 18, 2017 Just Finished: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachman This is a story about a grief-stricken, unapologetic curmudgeon and the community that embraces him anyway. Based on the runaway rave reviews it has received, I...
Read MoreBook Reading: The Nasty Women Project
May 9, 2017 Book : The Nasty Women Project This reading was nothing short of fabulous. I cried (a lot), I laughed (a lot), I was moved and inspired, as a writer, as a fertility warrior, as a fierce mama, as an activist, as a...
Read MoreA Must Read: On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder, Yale Scholar
May 1, 2017 Historian Timothy Snyder: “It’s pretty much inevitable” that Trump will try to stage a coup and overthrow democracy. The time is now. We are in a moment. We are the ones. Our actions matter. Buy this book- it’s...
Read MoreLibrary Display for National Infertility Awareness Week 2017: A Work in Progress
April 11, 2017 Last Thursday, I asked #MCLS (my beloved Martin County Library System) if they would consider a display for National Infertility Awareness Week, and Monday I walked in to this. I was so happy I burst into tears....
Read MoreA Must Read: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder
March 24, 2017 Get it right now. It is very short, you can read it in an afternoon. Then share it. RESIST.
Read MoreWhat I’m Reading Now (27): A Very Overdue Review of The Magic of Memoir
February 6, 2017 This is my long-overdue review of The Magic of Memoir, Edited by Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner. My essay, It Would Never Happen To Us discusses the potential ramifications of telling your truth. I shared my...
Read MoreScam: Why “Best-Selling Author” Has Become Largely Meaningless
February 5, 2017 https://medium.com/the-mission/behind-the-scam-what-does-it-take-to-be-a-best-selling-author-3-and-5-minutes-ec05cee1749a#.ki0lnfduo Behind the Scam: What Does It Take to Be a ‘Best-Selling Author’? $3 and...
Read MoreA Must Read! “The Subtle Effect of Not Giving a Fuck” by Mark Manson
January 3, 2017 Fuck yes. Poignant, and hilarious. Here’s the link https://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck
Read MoreWhat I’m Reading Now (26): Hungry Heart by Jennifer Weiner
December 4, 2016 Jennifer Weiner and I have been besties for a long time now, even though she STILL doesn’t know it! So of course I was tha-rilled when I found out about her memoir. Singing voice here: Love-ed it! Listen. I am...
Read MoreWhat I’m Reading Now (25) : Making Faces by Amy Harmon
December 4, 2016 Speaking of love: Also finished: Making Faces by Amy Harmon This was a book club pick and fabulous love story. I adored the characters—sweet, smart, sensitive Fern; Ambrose, who went off to war with a...
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