Well, someone heard me. For years and years, I’ve dreamed of having tea with Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. Well, other’s wanted that, too. (And, they included Joan Plowright and Eileen Atkins, such a bonus). Is it great television? No. Is it a great interview? No, not really. But, for 90 minutes you get to […]
Category: The Journey
Angels and Demons
Fly Girls
Thoroughly enjoyed Kieth O’Brien’s nonfiction work Fly Girls. It’s interesting to me to learn about new technology and in the 1920s and 1930s, flying was one of the new technologies. I’m also interested in the progress of women and find it interesting how the women were treating during the emergence of this technology. For some […]
The Hate U Give
This is an amazing and remarkable book. It’s engaging and incredibly well written. I felt quickly invested in Starr’s life and journey and found myself sad when the story ended. The novel is the journey of Starr, a sixteen-year-old who witnesses the death of two childhood friends: one at the hands of a cop; one […]
Taking a Break
Pride Family Bingo
Goodreads Reading Challenge
Flight Behavior
I don’t know how it’s happened, but until now, I’ve never read any of Barbara Kingsolver’s novels. The first I discovered, Flight Behavior. She takes the majority of the first chapter describing a character and her life. It feels like breaking all the writing rules. We’re not in the middle of action or change. We […]