It’s no secret I’ve been struggling since November to make sense of not only where our country stands, but where it is headed. I’d like to say I’ve been able to insulate myself from the impact of a new president who is horrifying in every sense of the word, but I haven’t. As a result, my reading since November has changed. It may be that I feel so challenged by current ... Read More...
The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen
The world of classics is divided between those who think the works of Jane Austen contain all the answers to life and those who deride her books as fluff. I fall somewhere in the middle. I always enjoy her books but do not view them as sacrosanct and do feel they are thematically a bit repetitive. This then, leaves me open to the many works written by contemporary authors, ... Read More...
The Help
Important preface to this review: I am one of those people who doesn’t do well when faced with exhortations to view/read something widely and unanimously praised. Call it childish or perverse, I often find it that much harder to like or enjoy and certainly not to the degree everyone around me seems to be feeling. Several key examples of movies and books which I ... Read More...
