Books

A Fighting Chance by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren was a book club pick. In always like when the author is the narrator of the audiobook because only s/he can really give emphasis where it is truly intended. There was an earnestness, an authenticity that engaged me to Warren herself. A Fighting Chance is an autobiographical […]

I was wary when my 2nd book club chose Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua. I remember the controversy it created when published and I wasn’t sure I wanted that karma in my life. Chua documents what it was like to apply Chinese Parenting to her daughters. I was horrified by her

A good zombie tale. That’s what I needed. In this case, zombies are called hungries because they just want to EAT. The zombie condition was caused by a naturally existing fungus Ophiocordyceps. The sci-fi aspect is that this ant-infecting fungus somehow leaps to create a human condition. It wasn’t revealed to the reader that the

Another long car drive, another search for anything to listen to on the trip. I was willing to listen to the last Jane Austen novel on my list to read (Northhanger Abbey) but it was not available. I picked something Austen adjacent. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler is a fantasy,

“We might as well focus on prolonging life rather than eliminating death. This War on Cancer may best be ‘won’ by redefining victory.” Siddhartha Mukherjee’s Pulitzer Prize The Emperor of All Maladies was a companion to me during my husband’s cancer diagnosis and treatment. Taking the book with me to all of the appointments, I’ve