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Isolation and connection

One of the big questions of our time is how to overcome loneliness. When I’ve had to spend time away from my family, I always take my Kindle or a book or two. When I feel lonely, I read. It’s like a conversation with the author, even if it’s one-sided. It’s a form of human

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Word of Mouth

I love to talk about books but sometimes people I don’t know will talk books to me. Yesterday I went to the doctor’s. She took my blood pressure and checked my pulse. Then she started. She told me she was reading a book every girl in Australia should read. And the boys too, she added.

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