I have a pretty hard-bound notebook I purchased at Barnes and Noble that is my “book” notebook.  In this notebook I keep track of what I’ve read and what I want to read.  I have pages with book wish lists for me, for my husband, and for my kids.

I have spent chunks of my adulthood living in both Asia and Mexico and I can’t even begin to tell you how much a shared language can bridge cultural gaps. I have found that even my limited Spanish and sticks of Korean have aided me in travelling more than any guidebook. Whether you want to learn a language for pleasure...

It's summer and time to renew my love affair with some of my favorite homemaking reads!  As a voracious reader, my nightstand is packed with books of all types which I am working my way through, and my daughter and I are frequent visitors to our three local libraries.

How many times have you listened to a talk, read a book, or watched a presentation that was supposed to share new or valuable information only to find that you didn’t learn very much from it?

No, I’m not speaking about a degree or initials attached to the end of your name.  I’m speaking of a true education.  The following two quotes define an education very well:

Great reads can be penned by either sex, but there’s no denying that a good tale written by a gifted woman author seems to “tell it like it is” in a way that can’t quite be reproduced by a masculine counterpart.