Lori Duff Writes
Right about the time I graduated from college, my friends started getting engaged. It got to the point where every week there was either an engagement, a shower, or a wedding. This was what my social life was: pretending to care when someone unwrapped a Mr. Coffee, elbowing other women wearing uncomfortable dresses…
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is, as I type this, being made into a movie by Tim Burton, who is probably the only person who could pull it off successfully. The story is about Jacob Portman, whose grandfather, Abraham Portman, would…
My Dad, who, left to his own devices, which he never is, would go days without speaking, and who has never once in his life engaged in small talk, will occasionally say this: “When you’re born, you’re only allowed so many words. If you use them up too soon, you won’t be able to speak…
Go Set a Watchman: A Novel So, after much consideration, I decided to read Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman.” I had a little bit of a moral conundrum about it: I mean, if she didn’t want me to read it, who am I to invade her privacy like that? But then, who am…
Since we all know how hip and happening I am, as evidenced by the fact that all the cool kids refer to themselves as ‘hip’ and ‘happening,’ I would like to bring you news of the latest trend that makes me question, well, everything. Yes, I’m talking about dyed armpit hair. Apparently, women are letting…
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Saenz (do not ask me how to pronounce his last name – sah-ENZ maybe? SAH-enz? Senz?) is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time, and I’ve read a lot of…
I had the opportunity to go to the Chik-Fil-A/Peach Bowl last week. A friend of mine got tickets from a friend of hers, who got them from her husband, who got them from his company. Since they were corporate seats, they were pretty stinking good, right behind the goal post, only 17 rows back. We…
It’s no secret that I love books, and that I love talking about books. I even like the way they look: my decorating scheme can be best described as “Piles of Unread Books.” I read voraciously, and review the books I like on my website. Since this is the beginning of 2016, and everyone else…
Morguefile.com None of us know exactly how we are going to die, but if I had to take a guess now it would be that I’ll get crushed to death under a pile of unread books. I have piles of unread books everywhere, though I promise you they are organized in my fashion. The books…