Today I am joining Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit for a super short run down of the books I have read since last month. The Fall: A Father’s Memoir in 424 Steps by Diogo Mainardi. This was going to be my next review for Great New Books until something else jumped ahead of it in […]
Read moreThe other day, I woke up to my favorite kind of e-mail. A friend wrote the following: “Hey Stacey! I always think of you as the “book guru” – do you have any novel recommendations for me as well as for my daughter ? Maybe some books we can both read?? Any recommendations are much appreciated […]
Read more“Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me not pass by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.” -Mary Jean Irion
Read moreToday, my review of Jacqueline Woodson‘s remarkable book, Brown Girl Dreaming, is featured at Great New Books. Please come by and visit!
Read moreWhen Caroline started middle school this year I crossed my fingers that all the stereotypes of middle school were untrue and that reality had drastically changed from when I traversed the same waters. It turns out that all the finger crossing in the world doesn’t change middle school so there has been a fair amount […]
Read more“We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.” -John Lennon
Read moreI’ve written about poverty here a few times before. I think the first time was when I went to Caroline and Katherine’s school library right before volunteering at a school in a high poverty area located only about fifteen minutes away from us. That school had no library because their budget did not allow for […]
Read moreEveryone so often, I write a post about what I found especially interesting in the weekend papers. Here are my latest thoughts about discussion worthy articles. Let me know what you think! Push, Don’t Crush the Students by Matt Richtel. I definitely have a ‘whole blog post’s worth’ of thoughts on this one but frankly […]
Read moreI can’t believe that another month has passed. Somehow it’s already time for our new favorites… The Bus Ride by Marianne Dubuc. This modern day take on Little Red Riding Hood is not to be missed. I’m pretty sure that each time I’ve looked at it, I notice a new charming detail. Hoot Owl: […]
Read moreOver the past two weeks, life, full of all good but time consuming things, has taken priority of over this space here. Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit was last week, but I’m going to participate today with my latest reads. Here goes… Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin. I haven’t read a ‘self-help’ book in […]
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