Here Are the Books to Mention—And Avoid—On Your Dating Profile
What books do most people think are red flags? Twitter found out this week Relationships are hard. Whether they are with romantic partners or friends, it’s no...
Quiz: Which Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor from Harry Potter Are You?
Defense Against the Dark Arts is where, pun intended, so much of the magic happens in Harry Potter. It is almost unarguably the most exciting class...
What We Learned About Good Omens at SXSW 2019
The Good Omens experience at SXSW 2019 in Austin was a dream. I attended a party where there were sword swallowers, prophecies, and a replica of...
To The Stars: 5 Books Where Women in Space Take Center Stage
If you’re like me, you can pull space exploration- and astronomy-related moments out of your childhood memories, still replete with wonder: of Halley’s Comet shooting by,...
Why I’m Not Reading About WWII Anymore
I love reading historical fiction; I always have. Growing up, I was fed a healthy diet of Little House on the Prairie, the Dear America Series, and...
Expand Your Small Group Reading at Church: Try a Female Author
In over 35 years as a Christian, I have taken part in more small group book studies than I can count. Bible studies, women’s groups, Sunday...
All the World’s a Stage: 4 YA Stories of Unbreakable Theater Kids
It Takes a Village One of the most enjoyable moments of the 2018 Tony Awards was the group of students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School...
40 Bookish Needle Minders for Cross Stitchers
Literary cross-stitch patterns are wildly popular right now, and experienced stitchers know how easy it is to lose a needle! Needle minders are small magnets that...
Stories for Creative Writing Classes With Kids: What I Shared With My Students
After moving from Hawai‘i to California, my partner found a local arts center during our first month in the East Bay. He shared the glare of his...
On THE FRIEND by Sigrid Nunez and Doggos
Sigrid Nunez won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction for The Friend. The New York Times wrote, tongue in cheek, “with The Friend Sigrid Nunez...
