Sometimes you just want to keep reading. Do you recognize that feeling? A book ends and you’re just not done with the plot (especially if it’s a bit open-ended), the characters or sometimes the whole kit-and-caboodle. The book has left you so ensconced that you’re not ready to let it go yet. I recently had … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Just keep reading…
When the spring weather starts to turn warm and sunny (a little later this year than most), my feet start to itch. Not so much literally (though in the Italian folklore in which I was raised, a literal foot-itch would mean the same thing), but in the sense of me wanting to get away. For … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: On Wanderlust
I was a very, very lucky kid, because, growing up, my dad read to me every single night before bed. We read everything from classics to fairy tales, from board books to chapter books, and everything in between. When he would travel for work, he would read the stories onto a tape, so I could listen … Continue reading One More Post About Books That Made Me Cry…
When I was younger, the week after Christmas was officially the saddest time of the year. I had spent months (and months) waiting for Santa, waiting to give my parents the handmade presents that I had wrapped using enough tape to ensure they were more secure than most government facilities. And then it was all over. But … Continue reading Introducing Hermitage Week: Stocking Your Blanket Fort
These are festive times, Beloved Patrons…whether you observe Christmas, Hannukah, Pancha Ganapati, Yalda, or any of the myriad other celebrations taking place this month, we sincerely hope they are happy ones. Me, personally? I tend to get pretty excited about Hogswatch, which Terry Pratchett recorded in his Discworld novels (for those of you who haven’t yet … Continue reading Five Book Friday!
Occasionally when someone comes into the South Branch looking for something different to read, I have to catch myself from evangelizing some of my favorite books, remembering that not everyone has the same taste in books as I do and that offering advice to readers means focusing on their preferences instead of my own. All … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: On Fantasy, or Don’t let magic scare you away from a good story