Category: Books

  • I had let slip to a friend that I wasn't sure what the last three years were supposed to have meant. It was a moment in which I lost focus, forgot my usual good humor, and equally good sense. The fact that I made a friend is all the meaning one need give to the…

  • “Donna Kelleher, DVM, is changing the way we practice veterinary medicine, just as Andrew Weil, MD, has revolutionized human health care.” —Brenda Peterson, author ofBuild Me an Ark: A Life with Animals via www.proofisinthepoodle.com

  •  A week has past, and a productive one at that. 30,000 words on the right and 40,000 words on the left. That's all got to meet up in the middle somewhere. The thing is to trust and to persevere. It's o.k. that the time is now. The past provided the compost and now it's time…

  •  From: Geoffrey Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:27 AMTo: TheresaSubject: Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd Do you know this book?  It’s FANTASTIC  ….  And it’s $8.99 and pre-orderable for 9/14 release.     See? One truly can accomplish things at work. You just need to get your priorities in order.  

  •  "Born Free and Equal: The Story of Loyal Japanese-Americans at Manzanar Relocation Center, Inyo County, California" by Ansel Adams

  • "We learn from others, either directly or indirectly through their writing about their thoughts and experiences."

  • Read before the fangirls and fanboys swarm the Cineplex. Lots of cute people have been cast in this film adaptation, but please don't let that stop you from picking up On The Road.

  • Today I loaned a book to my friend Monica. I'm in McKinney. Monica lives in Greenlake. How'd they manage that, you ask? Easy! Amazon has recently launched a feature enabling Kindle owners and Kindle reading application users to share books. Reading recommendations are always a treat to give and receive. In the case of two…

  •  This week, more calm and settled now that Santa has come and gone, is for the grown-ups to play away the day. My husband and I are on vacation, which after the challenges of 2010 is the best gift of all. So I'm devoting our time off to copious wine drinking, book reading, and Blu-ray…