There has been a huge emphasis recently in bringing awareness and understanding of mental illness. It seems like everyone I meet has struggled with or knows someone who has struggled…
New Year, New Novels: Branching out to Graphic Novels
For quite a while my friends and colleagues have been telling me about graphic novels – urging me to dive in and see if this would be a genre that…
It’s been a year! Bookworm’s 2015 year in review
Well, it’s been quite a year! Personally I’ve gotten another new job (hoping this one sticks), became President of our local Toastmasters club, joined a program advisory board for…
Paper Towns by John Green – Perception is everything
Have you ever had this perception of someone you meet only to find out later that it was completely wrong? Everyone experiences this. I had a friend in college who…
Book Review: End of Secrets by Ryan Quinn – Have you figured it out yet?
I teach Sunday School for Pre-schoolers twice a month in my local church. I love the ages of 3 and 4 because the kids are always full of questions and…
Unconditional Love is just Undisciplined Love – A book review of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I’m not a married woman, but I have been with the same person for the past 8 year. At first we started out as friends, hanging out at the beach,…
Throwback Thursday: John Grisham’s The Rainmaker (1997)
Recently I was traveling by plane to my parents’ place up in Ohio. While traveling I like to read in the airport and on the plane before takeoff. But as…
Who is the real Richard Castle?
OK, I’m hooked on another detective show. This time it’s Castle. I didn’t pay a lot of mind to it when it first came out, but now that it’s available…
Do you have what it takes to be an ebook millionaire?
Being among the working class here in Southwest Florida actually puts me in the minority (or so they say). My neck of the woods is known for its transient, outlandish…