After reading Leigh’s review a few weeks ago, I decided that I really needed to read this book. I’ve been a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright for a long time, so it was really interesting to learn more about his relationship with Mamah Cheney, a married woman who Frank met while designing a house [...]

I was watching a recent New York Met’s game over the holiday weekend, when I heard the broadcasters talking about Jackie Robinson. I’ve never really paid attention to the history of baseball, but I recently realized that Jackie Robinson didn’t represent baseball, but independence in this country. This classic short and easy nonfiction children’s book [...]

I’ve been a huge fan of Larry David’s comedy since I saw my very first Seinfeld episode 20 years ago, but I didn’t discover his series Curb Your Enthusiasm until last year.  Much edgier than Seinfeld, Curb was definitely an acquired taste for me.  I have learned to love it, though, and can’t wait for [...]

Who doesn’t like the idea of traveling through time?  This book grabbed me because I have always thought that time travel would be quite the adventure.  In this book the character of Henry De Tamble is capable of time travel beacuse he was born with “Chrono Displacement Disorder.”  He cannot control when the traveling will [...]