DailyBookTalk

I saw a Kindle at the nursing home the other day.  It was the first time I had seen one in a retirement home of any kind, until I saw a happy looking fellow, reading his right out in front of the dining room.  He seemed quite engrossed in his book and I was in [...]

I really want to have a long talk with the author of my present read.   He has taken what is an excellent detective story and now transformed it into an action story.  I am not surprised, of course, poor Brodie has had to survive all kinds of rough and tumble in the previous novels, indeed [...]

I am in the middle of a pretty good book,Pilgrim Soul, by Gordon Ferris. It is the third in a series that I have really enjoyed.  I have grown to really care about the characters of the course of the three books.  I have seen them through some tough times. I have watched them be [...]

I am so far behind on my reading.  Real world demands have been large this year and especially the last few weeks.  People seem to think that I ought to really work for my pay instead of just paying me to do what ever seems fun to me.  The gall!  I am so hungry for [...]

Do you like reading to people? Do you like being read to?  Usually we think about this as an activity between mothers and children, but in truth, I think many of us enjoy sharing a story with someone else.  I am not the only one, many Libraries and bookstores are now having adult read aloud [...]