My unerring interest in animal behavior sometimes has me wondering whether I should have become a wildlife biologist. If I were only braver and smarter, maybe I could have been a new Jane Goodall, spending my life in the woods and learning about a completely different species. But my interests are never persistent or steady enough to commit to anything like that. So I have to satisfy this interest with some occasional reading. I recently read Animal Wise by Virginia Morell, which I found both eye-opening […]
A little magic, a little nostalgia
I have read all seven of the Harry Potter books and seen all of the movies (although I think I slept through most of the last movie). So of course I was going to read the new Harry Potter book…eventually. I just didn’t think I would get to it so quickly. My book club decided that we had to read it immediately. So I found myself picking up Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016) by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. I’ve fallen a […]
All the things I didn’t know I needed to know about Ruth Bader Ginsburg
As a lawyer and a woman, you’d assume I would know more about the women on the Supreme Court than I do. Although I probably knew more about Ruth Bader Ginsburg than Sotomayor and Kagan, it was really only vague knowledge. I knew I liked Ginsburg’s opinions, and I agreed with her politics. I’d also heard something about cancer and falling asleep at some inappropriate place. Unfortunately, that’s about it. I can’t remember where I first saw Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth […]
College, hockey, and boys–a sweet love story
After finishing The Year We Hid Away, and with the help of Emmalita’s loan, I immediately started reading the third book in Sarina Bowen’s Ivy League Series: The Understatement of the Year (2014). Taking place at the same elite, Yale-like, hockey-centric college, this one differs primarily because the romance is about two young men rather than the more ubiquitous, romantic heterosexual couples. Michael Graham and John Rikker grew up together, and they were close friends. As puberty hit and their sexual awareness grew, they began some […]
College, scandals, and love
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the first book of Sarina Bowen’s Ivy League Series: The Year We Fell Down. It was emotionally engaging and very fun to read. Emmalita was kind enough to lend me the next two books in the series, which I managed to read in quick succession (although I am only now getting around to reviewing them.) The Year We Hid Away (2014) brings back Bridger, the partier and player, from the first book. But this year Bridger has more […]
A little piece of American history that is too often overlooked
I’ve been interested in learning more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II for a while now. After reading The Japanese Lover earlier this year, my interest was piqued, and then I heard about The Buddha in the Attic (2011) by Julie Otsuka, Julie Otsuka tells the stories of Japanese picture brides immigrating to America in the early 1900’s. What makes this book unique but also challenging is that she writes in first person plural. The viewpoint is from an unknown number of various […]
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