Archive for the 'Books' Category

Burnt Toast and Other Philosophies of Life by Teri Hatcher

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Rating: * * *
Comments: I’m not the target audience for this book. I am neither a single mom, nor forty, nor American, nor can I identify with most of what this book is about. Which is why I didn’t really enjoy this book as much as someone who fits that demographic likely would. Some good […]

When I Was 13: The Person, the Blog, The Book

Friday, April 4th, 2008

One of the first writers I discovered when I started dreaming of becoming a writer back in 2002, was Angela Giles Klocke. I never had a writing mentor, but if anyone came close, it was her. We didn’t communicate much back then, and there was no formal “helping”, but her website, her […]

Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Rating: ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼
Comments: Another great book with some very interesting insights. I like how Lamott pushes through her loneliness rather than recoiling from it. And even though it seems like a straightforward book about her son’s first year, it’s so much more. There’s spirituality, there’s the battle of knowing […]