Shelf Reflections

International Cat Day

Today is International Cat Day, so let’s celebrate our feline friends! Pictured at the top of this post are Meg[…]

Yes, there’s a day just for celebrating owls! Symbols of wisdom, silent hunters, and cute little fluffballs when they’re chicks.[…]

Summary: In the 1950s, Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of[…]

Summary: Three friends, women in their fifties, set out to hike “the most beautiful long-distance trail in the world,” the[…]

You’ve probably figured out by now that I have an interest in Tudor history, and today is a doozy. On[…]

“The story of how I entered the world was a foreshadowing.” —All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson This[…]

Summary: The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie’s once-lucrative car business is going under—but rather than face the music, he’s[…]

“The man on the park bench stared at the empty space above the knuckle of Nora Pennington’s pinkie finger.” –from[…]

I was recently thinking about how I used to read science fiction and fantasy almost exclusively, but in the past[…]

Recently, I was thinking about where I get my sense of humor from, and it occurred to me that a[…]