Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo, Illustrated by Dom Lee

As an adult, I have found that I am introduced to much of history through picture books.  Do you know the Sammy Lee story?  Read  Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo and illustrated by Dom Lee and you will.  Son to Korean Immigrants, Sammy Lee, would watch children play [...]

Get Lucky by Katherine Center

I have been a fan of Katherine Center since she published her first novel The Bright Side of Disaster.  And then after reading Everyone is Beautiful and later Katherine Skyping into my book club, the deal was cemented. Katherine is pretty much full of awesome.  I’m an unabashed fan.  And I’m happy to report that after [...]

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer was simply inspiring.  One of those books that I knew I would like if I just took the time to sit down with it.  And one that I wouldn’t have been aware of had it not been [...]

Eat Pray Love Movie Trailer

I saw the Eat, Pray, Love movie trailer posted on Galleycat this morning and as my Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert book review is still among my highest viewed posts each month I thought that the movie trailer would be of interest to my readers:

As apparent from the comments on the book review, it’s [...]

The Blog, My Boys and I Make the Ten O’Clock News

What happens when the local news sends a camera crew out to my house to tape a segment about blogging?
Follow this link to watch the story.
It was fun!