The Wednesday Wars

A Great Beach Read

The Woman In Cabin 10  by Ruth Ware was exactly what this burnt out teacher needed. My girlfriend Jane recommended the book to me and said she devoured it in a day. I think it took me two days. Ruth Ware succeeded in creating a novel that is both suspenseful and intriguing. Travel journalist Lo […]

I’ve Fallen for a Masked, Plastic Man: Lego Batman

Anastasia is Coming to Broadway

It’s already on my daughters list for shows we must see this year: Anastasia. From the Tony Award®-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime, this dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her […]

The Goldfinch

I am a slow reader. I don’t even want to admit how long it took me to read this book. Let’s just say, it’s gone on several vacations with me–the book got around. Why did it take me so long? Well, first of all, it’s 800 pages. and I remember when I picked it up […]

I was hooked from the very first sentence. “Lydia is dead.”

Advice From My 80-Year-Old Self

One of my close friends recently sent this book to me in the mail: “Advice From My Eighty-Year-Old Self.” I love it. It’s sentimental, funny, and full of truths and features bold, colorful layouts. The author asked a range of people ages 7 to 88 what they think their 80 year old self would say […]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Double Down

by Luke Zachariah (age 9) I love Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. I could read them over and over and over again until my mom takes them away because she wants me to read something else. In Book Number 11, after Greg watches a movie where a guy is being secretly filmed and becomes famous, but […]