When I was a little girl and I had the great good fortune of being home on a weekday, my mother would let me watch the Homemakers’ Movie, a mid-morning telecast of pre-war cinematic classics. Glued to our little black and white television, I was introduced to Bette Davis, Myrna Loy, Mickey Rooney; White Christmas,…
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On Reading: Reading Transforms
After I closed A Thousand Splendid Suns, I sat speechless, trying to come to terms with what I’d just read. “This is the reason books exist,” I realized. By turns, this story of two women living against the backdrop of the last 40 years of Afghanistan’s turbulent history horrified me, inspired me, informed me, and…
Books on Screen: The Lightning Thief
When my 8-year-old son asked me to take him to see The Lightning Thief on opening night, I jumped at the chance. Not only had we read the book together– and loved it — (click the link for our review) just a few months before, but we’d also been snowed in for about a week…
On Reading: Whitewashed
When I was growing up, I very rarely saw images of black children in the books that I read. My mother—who was also my kindergarten teacher—introduced me to the books of Ezra Jack Keats, and those were the only stories I can recall that functioned as a mirror for me; I didn’t live in a…
On Reading: 10 Million Words
I (Jennifer) came across Tim Challies’ 10 Million Words project this week. Since I love a good project (not to mention a good read), I knew I wanted to follow the feed, and I have reprinted this Welcome post explaining the project with the author’s permission: My wife thinks I’m a little bit crazy, I’m…
On Reading: Reading Great Literature
For many years, I walked right past the Classics section of the bookstore. There was a good reason for this–I was so traumatized in high school from being assigned The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick, that I promised myself I would never again open a book that was considered Great Literature. And I never break…
On Reading: How to Read a Brandilyn Collins Novel
I was a little unprepared when I opened my first Brandilyn Collins novel. Notwithstanding, I decided to write a tutorial so none of you have to experience this misfortune. I don’t know how I’ve gone this long without reading her books. Making up for lost time I read two crime novels in less than two…
On Reading: Seg-book-gation
When I (Jennifer) received this email in our 5 Minutes for Books mailbox, it was something that I wanted to share with all of you, and I asked if the author if I could share it in full with you. I hope you’ll share your own thoughts or experiences in the comments after reading her…
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