first, let me say, you shouldn’t read this post if:

you loved loved loved “catching fire.”
you haven’t read “catching fire” but you want to.
you like eating pickled herring.
you can’t stand my book snobbery.

so. i finished “catching fire” last night. and i hated it. i really really hated it. i almost just quit reading it, but my [...]

there are a few things in this world that are medicine to my worry.

number one is a fast-paced, well-crafted, thrilling young adult fantasy or science fiction. [i'm not sure what else is on the list, actually, but it might include long walks on the beach.]

since i’ve been eating worry three meals a day the past [...]

this is a just-in-case post. just in case you’ve been annoyed by my cryptic hints that something Big is happening, here it is, spread out.

in a little less than two weeks i am moving to texas. my husband joined the air force. i, suddenly, am a military wife. he is going back to school. for [...]

our lovely review from our lovely guest host deja needs no introduction from me, except for a few apologies that it’s taken me a week or so to get this posted.

On Reading Sad Books: Jean Rhys’ After Leaving Mr. Mackensie

“I want a long, calm book about people with large [...]