Lost in Literature

I am a list maker. Mainly, because I like to cross things off. Sometimes, I’ll even add to do items after completion just so I can feel the accomplishment of crossing them off the list. I am a woman on a mission. And I’m on a deadline. Before August 24th, I need to:Go through numerous boxes, sh

A Scattered Life begins with the classic boy meets girl. Even more is the time-honored: boy comes to the rescue of the girl and they fall in love. The story opens as Skyla, the girl, is ending her shift as a waitress at a Mexican restaurant in Wisconsin when she is caught in the middle of disgruntle

Why did I wait this long to read Drowning Ruth? This was definitely a "difficult to put down" read. Beginning in the early 1900's, this is a story about the intricacies of family. The author, Christina Schwarz, skillfully weaves a tale of familial love, loss, secrets, and the torment left behind. Sh

Is it just me or are the tremors of discrimination coming to the forefront again? This time it may be reverse discrimination....take a read....and here's the aftermath.....What do you think? I, for one, feel that everyone and anyone has a right to display their pride in their country on any day of t

Set at the dawn of the 20th century in a small Wisconsin town, A Reliable Wife, tells the story of deception, betrayal, loyalty, and love. Ralph Truitt, widower, stands alone at the train station waiting for his new mail-order bride. He is wealthy; he is revered in his hometown. He is somber and lon

Just finished The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah; I have found yet another favorite author. Ms. Hannah blends crime, suspense, motherhood, wit, and horror into this novel. Her plot is like an amazing jazz ensemble: many sounds and rhythms that veer off on complicated tangents and improvs that don't s

Looking for a great book? Try The Help by Kathryn Stockett. The story is told from multiple perspectives, but within each chapter, you'll find humor, tension, angst, and warmth. Set in Jackson, Mississippi, it tells the story of race at the dawn of the civil rights movement in the early 1960's. It t

Lisa Genova has written the most heartbreaking, horrifying, and moving book I've read in a long time. She writes of early-stage Alzheimer's disease. Still Alice is a work of incredible proportion. It tells the tale of Alice, a Harvard professor in cognitive psychology, who has taught for the past 25

Well, hello there...remember me? It has been a long 6 months, full of failed experiments, both in my personal and online "professional" life. The one I choose to talk about for the moment is my quest for a better website. I (usually) am the first one to admit when I'm wrong, and BOY! was I wrong abo