Bad Moms Know Their Own TV Limits

By on November 2, 2011 2 Comments
Time to turn the tv off

The story playing out on my TV is a gruesome, albeit familiar, one, something probably even ripped from the headline of a news story I read last year. A baby has disappeared, a young mother is distraught, but not as distraught as a gravel-voiced investigator thinks she should be and a mother-in-law seems shady. By [...]

Top 5 Reasons I Love My E-Reader

By on April 5, 2011 7 Comments
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Although I had always thought of myself as a bit of a book purist, I woke up one morning last December quite positive that I wanted an e-reader.  My husband, thrilled at the prospect of not having to think up a birthday present for me on his own, obliged, and a few weeks later I [...]

Dr. Seuss: Stories Behind the Stories

By on August 9, 2010 3 Comments
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My husband and I both grew up reading Dr. Seuss books, a tradition we’ve carried on with our kids – our bookshelves hold several Dr. Seuss titles. The kids love it when we read them Fox in Socks (though it’s all I can do to get  halfway through it) and Green Eggs and Ham; ever [...]

Senor Caca Is Not On Our Reading List

By on March 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
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Sometimes I read an article and think that it cannot be possibly true. Someone, I tell myself, must be pulling the Internet’s leg because something this ridiculous cannot exist. Take, for instance, this post on creepy children’s books. I had to verify that some of these texts are actual published works,  and much to my [...]