‘Trade Me’ is Pretty Good

It might seem like I blog a review of every book I read, but I don’t. For example, as a research exercise for my NaNo-reboot...

The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythe

Before I saw Pacific Northwest Ballet’s all Forsythe repertory The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythe, I never realized that in some ways, the avant-garde contemporary ballet...

Global Reading Challenge

As so many significant events in my life, it happened at the library. It all started with a stack of bookmarks printed with a list...

Small Mercies Giveaway Winner

When I got home from a weekend trip to Bend and found two review copies of Small Mercies by Eddie Joyce waiting in my stack...

Enchantment Lake

I never read Nancy Drew until my daughter got a haircut a couple of years ago that prompted people to say she looked like the...