Today's guest post is by Laura Nicole Diamond, author of Shelter Us.It doesn’t take much to induce my family to hit the road in search of a temporary escape from reality. Some people travel to baseball stadiums, or beaches, or vineyards. For a book lover, there’s no better way to experience new towns than a bookstore tour. With my debut novel Shelter Us published in … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
“Begin At The Beginning”: Essential Oils
Two facts about me: (1) I'm cheap; (2) I have asthma, allergies, and sensitive skin. These two facts used to be in constant conflict. In order to clean my house without an asthma attack sending me to the ER I had to use the fancy schmancy expensive cleaning products made with nothing but rainbows and unicorn farts. And any personal care product that touched my skin had to be … [Read more...]
My Sunshine Away: Rich, Complex, and Stunning
My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh has been getting rave reviews since it was first released, which is partly why I put off reading it. I was afraid that the hype would outshine the reality of the book, and so I waited. This, my friends was a mistake. In fact, My Sunshine Away not only lived up to the hype, it exceeded it, and I can't believe I made such a foolish mistake.In a … [Read more...]
So About That Full House Movie….
When I was 12, I stood in line for 8 hours at the Prudential Center in Boston to meet Candace Cameron. She was just so cool. The only thing I wanted more than to be best friends with DJ was to be DJ. I've seen every episode more times than I can count, can quote half the shows, and may or may not still watch the reruns. I owned the Mary Kate & Ashley purse line, rooted for … [Read more...]
Notes from Malala
A couple of months ago, I had the privilege of attending an event where Malala Yousafzai gave a speech. It was just as inspiring as you'd expect it to be and every single person who attended left a better person than they had been when they walked in. I was pleased to see how many parents brought their children, and it gave me hope for the future in a time when hope is a little … [Read more...]