This week I introduced my girls (ages thirteen and twelve) to the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice (and yes, Colin Firth). Such a walk down memory lane for me! If possible, Mrs. Bennett is more embarrassingly funny, Elizabeth more admirable, and Mr. Darcy more dreamy than I thought in my teens and early adulthood. (Okay, maybe … [Read more…]
On our family’s recent trip to Boston and its environs, high on our short-list of places to visit was The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. I knew that I wanted to commemorate my visit with a souvenir of a book (or two), and Melissa Sweet’s new book, Some Writer!: The Life of E.B. … [Read more…]
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman is the latest book I’ve finished. I read it because I assigned it as an independent read for my girls, and I’m really trying to keep up with them so we can discuss what they read. Also, it’s the 1988 Newbery Medal winner, and Newbery winning books are of … [Read more…]
Do you know why I love blogging and don’t want to give it up, even when time grows scarce and I can’t get into this space as often as I’d like? It’s because blogging gives me a little bit of room to express myself. My interest in and passion for books and all things bookish, … [Read more…]
Homesick: My Own Story is the fictionalized account of a window of Jean Fritz’s childhood. It covers a couple of years of her life, though she explains in the preface that the events are drawn from her entire life (which partially explains the fictionalized part). Her father was a director for the YMCA in Hankow, … [Read more…]
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