What will I read next…???

I’m coming dangerously close to finishing Sarah Turnbull’s Almost French without having another book lined up to read. Despite my long list of “to-read” items on Goodreads, none of them are feeling like the perfect fit for my mood and the time of year. On Thursday I scanned the shelves at the library branch [...]

update on the publication of Jewel of Medina

This is a follow up to my previous post about the controversial yanking of publication of a historical fiction novel about the prophet Muhammad’s child bride. Per yesterday’s article in the Guardian, Sherry Jones’s The Jewel of Medina has found a British publisher, Gibson Square, who will publish the book in October in Britain, Australia, [...]

Censorship by fear

At work my favorite magazine to read is Publishers Weekly. I usually read it while sitting in front of my computer, logged into Goodreads so that I can add whatever upcoming title that catches my eye – and there are many – to my “to read” list.
When I picked up a recent issue, I was [...]

body love (more reflections on Traveling Mercies)

As you might have gleaned from my last post, this book really made me think. About a lot of different things. One of the most revolutionary things I took away from this book is that I should stop hating my body. In fact, I should downright love it. Anne Lamott clearly articulates that she – [...]

Dead dad club, or, reflections on Anne Lamott’s Traveling Mercies

(my dad & niece, 2004)
About a year ago, a friend of mine sent me a link to a blog named The Dead Dad Club. I lost my father to leukemia in 2006, and the friend in question had lost her father to cancer a year earlier. She is the quirky sort of girl who knew [...]