I work in museums. Specifically, I work at historic sites, and one of the main types of historic sites is the Historic House Museum (HHM). There are a lot of ways in which HHMs are interesting and important to our cultural heritage, and tons of ways where the traditional methods of running such institutions are just plain bad ideas at this point. The entire cultural sector is down in visitation/consumers, so there are always conversations being had about how to be better, attract more people, […]
“Miss Bowman, if I had enough pockets, I could save the world.”
Here we have the concluding story of the Wallflowers quartet (ok, not quite, there is a Christmas book about a brother that I have already requested from the library even though Mrs. Julien marked it two stars…) and we have arrived at Daisy’s story, our last remaining Wallflower. I’ve had ups and downs with these books this year, but mostly this book ends the series on a good note. Scandal in Spring shows that Kleypas has learned from her previous outings. I still feel It […]
A Simple Love Story
At the tail end of 2015 I listened to my first Romance audio book. It was an interesting experience. Not my favorite, but also not bad. Since I started the Stud Club books that way, with Tessa Dare’s One Dance with a Duke I figured I would continue on that path for the series and picked up Twice Tempted by a Rogue. Then I promptly forgot to read it as I worked through other books this year. When I finished We Should All Be Feminists […]
Thank You, Ellepkay!
I have a soft spot for the community here at Cannonball Read, and it gives me great pleasure to organize our book exchange each year. Pairing up just the right people is a fun challenge. The most awkward part? Sending my own name to someone. It doesn’t stop me though, since I love giving and receiving books. This year Ellepkay nailed it (I have always been very lucky with my gifters!). Not only did I receive a very sweet card (one is on its way […]
“I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change.”
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Raise your hand if you have been called a feminist as a derisive term. Raise your hand if you have ever had to explain to someone that feminism is, in fact, not the hatred of men or the wishing to take something away from them but rather believing in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. Raise both your hands if you’ve experienced that from someone younger than you. My hands are raised. I am, on the best of days, probably a lazy […]
Now Put Your Hands Up
Cannonball Read is the best for getting good books in front of your eyeballs. I read expandingbookshelf’s review of All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation this summer and added the book to my to read list on Goodreads. Then I read Lollygagger’s review early this fall and I put in my library hold. I hope some of you will do the same. I am a single lady in my 30s. I have never been married. I am one […]
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