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A little book of books
As an adult, I found out that there are many different kinds of reading journals, created to help a reader chronicle and remember books, but I didn’t know that as a child. I was barely a teenager when...
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Map of a reading journey
We readers, many of us at least, walked our first independent reader miles in a school setting, reading according to a fixed curriculum. I have many joyful memories of the introduction to reading in...
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Dog ear
Oh no you don’t! Not in my books! That pretty much sums up my stance on dog ears. Why would you crease a page with words on it?! I ask incredulously. I keep my place in books with a bookmark, carefully...
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My Bout with Mortality (by proxy)
The last couple of weeks have left me emotionally drained and just plain tired. A family member – my father – was hospitalized, and the only books I read were the Harlequin romances I bought in the...
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The Book of New Year
Among party hats, glittery decorations, and champagne bubbles, I find there is a thoughtful side to New Year. This is the time of the year, when we readers take stock of how many books we’ve read the...
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Signum – a treasure trove in Florence, Italy
When you step out of the scorching Florentine heat and in to the stop Signum, your eyes will glisten and your heart flutter. As you take in the decked shelves from floor to ceiling, you have ample...
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