My Hollywood by Mona Simpson. It's a fascinating novel, that could be called a modern day version of "The Help". The story is about the lives of young, privileged families living in the wealthy suburbs that surround Hollywood - AND the lives of the immigrant women who work for them as nan...

"They are not long, the days of wine and roses" - Dowson A couple of poems for older folks like myself. Remembering lost loves from long ago, and lovers who have recently died, and those who will be leaving soon. TIDES by Sara Teasdale LOVE in my heart was a fresh tide flowing Where the st...

I just finished "Twilight" today . . . and not a moment too soon! WHY did I stick with it to the bitter, ridiculous end? Because I gave it to my daughter for Christmas, and to get back at me, she insisted that I had to read it too. I knew it was going to be a tough one, as I dislike any bo...

I liked The Story of Edgar Sawtelle VERY much. I had read a review on it in Bookmarks Magazine, so I knew that the story was based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, and that it would end as a tragedy. If I had not read the review, I probably would have been put off by the "ghost", and some of the o...