I know that I am about 114 years late to the party, but I am currently reading Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”. I would like to be able to claim a great love for Gothic fiction, but the truth is that the narrative can be a bit slow. Stoker wrote the entire novel as correspondence or journal [...]
As Promised: Questions For You
November 13, 2009
1) I finally finished “Infinite Jest”. What should I read next? 2) What movie should I watch that you think I haven’t seen? 3) What is the miracle cure I could use to ensure I am healthy in time to go to the Redskins/Broncos game on Sunday? 4) What two teams do you think are [...]
Questions for You: Literary Edition
August 31, 2009
1) What is your favorite novel of all time? (fiction) 2) What is your favorite non-fiction book? 3) Name a book you just quit reading in the middle, something you just could not get through.* 4) Is there an author that you have read everything that he or she has written?** 5) What book made [...]
Questions For You: Quick! Before My Kids Learn How to Read
August 20, 2009
We haven’t done one of these in a while, but I have one very important question and some other questions of no importance whatsoever. 1. How much does your tooth fairy pay for a tooth?* 2. If I admit to my kids that there is no tooth fairy does that automatically give up Santa Claus [...]
Why You Should Run Right Out to the Store and Buy “Rage Againt the Meshugenah”
August 3, 2009
It starts like this: My first therapist’s name was Neil Diamond, but he didn’t wear sequins, didn’t bring me flowers, and most certainly did not turn on my heartlight… I read a lot and not many books have me laughing out loud during the freaking prologue.* The book is called Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why [...]
Little Pitchers Have Big Ears
April 8, 2009
I’ve been listening to books on CD in my car for a couple of years now. I try not to listen to anything overly violent or sexual if the kids are in the car, but other than that I figured it was fairly safe. I mean – my children never listen to me, why would [...]
Reviewing the Idea of Reviews
January 25, 2009
On the rare Sunday that I actually get a chance to sit down with the newspaper I reach right for the Book section. Okay, that isn’t exactly true. I always read the Sports section first, but right after that I pick up the book section. See, the Washington Post has this really cool book review [...]
That’s What They Say Every Single [redacted] Day
January 9, 2009
I was at the library this morning and I saw a guy that looked just like Dr. Dre. I had to fight every urge in my body to not go up to him and ask “Is it Dre? Is it Dre?”
Finding White Trash Moms Among Us
November 12, 2008
Have you guys read “The White Trash Mom Handbook”? (if you can memorize a lot of words in a row the full title is The White Trash Mom Handbook: Embrace Your Inner Trailerpark, Forget Perfection, Resist Assimilation into the PTA, Stay Sane, and Keep Your Sense of Humor). I just finished reading it yesterday. I [...]
Three Embarrassing Confessions
September 2, 2008
Confession #1. Thanks to my cohorts over at MamaPop I am hopelessly addicted to The Twilight Series. Yes, I am reading young adult fiction. I am reading an entire series of young adult fiction – and it is about vampires – and I am staying up way to late at night to read these books, [...]
Another Contest: What the Hell is Sarah Reading #4
March 31, 2008
Since Geena won my last “What the Hell is Sarah” contest
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