What’s the trait you value most about yourself? I recently stumbled across some startling numbers. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), fewer than 10% of U.S. 13-year-olds read for pleasure “almost every day.” Let that sink in. Back in 2012, it was 27%. By 2020, […]
What book are you reading right now? Here we go. After a scandalously long hiatus from the written word, I’ve finally graced my bookshelf with two new books– a delightful duality of pop culture and intellectual musings, ready to be devoured over the Thanksgiving dinner table. Well, actually, […]
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? Just a few weeks ago, I lamented about the fact that I haven’t read a book in a long time. I used to devour books. In my early twenties, I used to go second-hand book shoppong for […]
What book could you read over and over again? I’m going to be frank with you. I used to read books with a voracious quality, signaling my need to read more and more. My mom used to go to the public library on my behalf, at times, and […]
Recently I shared with a friend that I haven’t read a book in a while. Mind you, I bought two books four months ago. They remain unopened in my desk drawer. They were books for work, afterall. Thus, a smidge on the boring and obvious side. But here […]
When I was a young girl in the Bronx, my mom used to do something for me that was extraordinary. Well, of course, everything my mom did for me was extraordinary. My mom went the extra mile or hundred for me. And for that I will be […]
I suffer no bibliophobia but my mom would twitch in her grave I am going to admit to something that will probably cause my mom to twitch in her grave. Well, do those that are cremated proverbially twitch in their graves? Either way, she will be aghast at […]