Every year, National Dog Week creeps up on me. I always tell myself that next year I will bake my pups a peanut-butter-carrot cake but it never happens. Okay, I'll confess - I've baked them treats before, but it's usually on a random day because I forget the big ones (except birthdays/rescue days).This year, however, I am going to celebrate National Dog Week by … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
How American Schools Are Failing Your Kids
Not only is it going to be controversial, but it's going to change the way you think about our education system. Here's the short and skinny: American students are behind academically and there are hundreds of theories about why this is. Is it child poverty? Standardized testing? Teachers? Technology? Sports? Amanda Ripley (who had spent most of her career thinking education … [Read more...]
Conquering the Classics: Anthem by Ayn Rand
Oh, Ayn Rand - you get me every time. Here's the thing - I like her books. I don't necessarily agree with her politics and I certainly don't agree with some of her extreme views, but I do like her stories. Like them or not, they are thought-provoking and entertaining. If you extract Paul Ryan from the equation, her books are actually informative and (gasp!) not going to harm … [Read more...]
Author Interview: Jason Mott (The Returned)
Yesterday I posted my review of the runaway bestseller, The Returned, by Jason Mott (click here for the review). Thanks to TLC Book Tours I am also fortunate enough to have been able to interview him about his book. Because both Jason and I are graduates of UNCW I was especially interested in how living in Wilmington may have affected his storyline. For those of you who don't … [Read more...]
TLC Book Tours: “The Returned” by Jason Mott
It's fair to say that most people, at some point in their lives, have wished they could have just one more day with a lost loved one. Jason Mott, author of The Returned, is one of them. In fact, it was his dream about his deceased mother that inspired this book-turned-tv-series and I am grateful for his candidness about the book's beginnings. Released last month, it has … [Read more...]