• On My Bookshelf

    This year I challenged each of my students to read 30 books this school year. It started as just a random, incredible high number that I didn’t expect them to reach. I set…

  • Get Thee to a Borders!

    I heard on NPR that Borders Bookstores are closing something crazy, like, 200 locations across the country.  Lucky for me, one of those stores is my local Borders.  While I hate to see…

  • Book Worms and Book Ends

    One of the things that I am most proud of as a parent is Bean’s love of books and reading. I started reading to him before he was even born. I’d read things…

  • Book Smart

    Let me start this post by telling you that what you are about to read is a real life dream come true.  I’m not one to use kitschy phrases like that – okay,…

  • Book Review and Giveaway

    I have always been a big reader.  I love to read.  I went through a drought in my reading habit during my pregnancy because there was so much going on that every time…