FPQ 106: All Words Matter

“Blogging is a medium of words,” says Fandango to introduce this week’s Provocative Question. “All of us who blog are wordsmiths. We use words almost exclusively to express ourselves, to tell our stories, to weave our tales, to write our poems, to help others to understand and possibly even appreciate our perspectives. In the real […]

Book Challenge: Love and Donald Trump

For Sandman Jazz’s 30-day book challenge, here are my answers for Days 22, 23, and 24. Day 22: An LGBTQ love story: Two excellent novels are Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. I read The Great Believers last spring. The story moves back and forth between the 1980s […]

30 Day Book Challenge: 16, 17, 18

Here’s my latest installment in Sandman Jazz’s June 30-Day Book Challenge. Day 16: A book you’ve read more than once: I don’t often do this, much as I’m tempted, because there are too many other books to read! However, every few years, I need an injection of Jane Austen, so I reread Pride and Prejudice. […]

30-Day June Book Challenge: 10, 11, 12 – Mostly Strong Women

Here I go with Days 10, 11 and 12 of Sandman Jazz’s book challenge. Day 10: A book that makes you cry happy tears: Anne of Green Gables Day 11: Literary character you want to have dinner with: Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut – She is actually a real historical character but I have read three books […]