I know you have heard the phrase ‘words matter.’ And yes, indeed, they do. Words can harm or charm, encourage or outrage, inspire or deflate. OK, enought of that!! Some words are simply overused, misused or useless, and the folks at Lake Superior State University have, since 1976, vented about the most tiresome examples of such. Each year they publish a list for The Banished
Peg Michel sent me the following NYT article about a little boy with a big imagination and a clever marketing scheme. Read the below excerpt and follow up by viewing the February 3rd 6:30 NBC Nightly News story about– An 8-Year-Old Wrote a Book and Hid It on a Library Shelf. It’s a Hit. Dillon Helbig, a second-grader from Idaho, wrote an 81-page book about
My Saint Simons friend Becky, who publishes an Instagram Blog entitled beckyonbooks, has a few new recommendations. The following are three books and her comments on why she liked them: The Maid, by Nita Prose A maid in a hotel discovers a body in a room she goes in to clean Becky says: There is an interesting cast of character and suspects; the writing is
The Paris Bookseller, Kerri Maher Historical fiction at its most authentic!! The Paris Bookseller is about real-life American Sylvia Beach, who opened a bookstore in Paris in 1919. The name of the bookstore was Shakespeare and Company, and it soon became a mecca for expatriate writers from America. (Readers will remember The Paris Wife, a story about Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley, who
If you read a lot in bed, either print material or on a tablet, you may have touble with your neck. I do because the book isn’t lined up with your eyes at the right angle so you tend to strain your neck. One of the many newsletters I receive had a link to an Interesting advertisement. Take a look at a few of the
Click on the link below to hear (or read the script) as Imani Perry discusses her new book South to America. The book was featured in a recent blog post. (Click again once the article appears as an insert) Imani Perry on narrating her book, South to America.
Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman The movie is streaming now on Netflix It starts off a bit confusing but has a universal theme. Trust me on this! The Nightingale, by Kristen Hannah Release date? Who really knows? It seems that the movie has been made but not released. It stars Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning. The last information mentioned December of 2022. Honestly, I’m not
For a long while now, I have stopped trying to defend the South: the place of my birth, the place my ancesters settled shortly after the United States became a country and the place I have lived my entire life. Of course I knew that the South committed treason by seceding from the nation. I realized there was no legitimate ‘lost cause.’ I was not
Anyone who watches Lester Holt’s Nightly News knows there is usually a piece at the conclusion of the show that features some ‘good news.’ Last week he told the story of a teenage girl who is spreading hope and love with gifts of books. Hopefully you can see that clip by clicking below. Don’t forget to turn up your volume and enjoy! https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/maryland-teen-s-personal-tragedy-inspires-book-donation-drive-131477061690
