Category Archives: What’s on your night table?

Usually I prefer a book with clean, crisp writing, not a lot of long rambling paragraphs  but I made an exception for the novel Forever by Pete Hamil.   This book covers the history of New York from the 1740`s to … Continue reading →

When we moved into the apartment, we decided not to transfer the cable television with us.   For months I complained about the cost and the fact there were 63 channels and nothing on.  We are not big television watchers to … Continue reading →

One movie night, last summer Win and I saw “The Time Traveller’s Wife”.  I was unimpressed by the movie. My daughter Andrea had raved about the book for months, so my expectations were high. The chemistry between the two main … Continue reading →

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee`s `To Kill a Mockingbird`.  This Pulitzer prize winning novel was Miss Lee`s only book.  In 1999 it was chosen as the best novel of the century in a poll … Continue reading →

Here’s a list of some of the books I intend to read this summer.  The weather man is predicting a high of 32 degrees for most of the weekend, so I plan to stay inside with a good book or … Continue reading →

I can not remember a time I could not read.  As a young child on sunny days I would hide behind my father’s lazy boy chair at the end of our hallway, thumbing through the Encyclopedia Britannica.   Even now I … Continue reading →

Often when I purchase a second hand book, it contains a piece of ephemera. The message posted above was on a  bright orange post-it note.  I wonder what was wrong with the boat. I have found blank  hotel stationery, boarding … Continue reading →

My favourite novel of all time, Harper Lee`s `To Kill a Mockingbird` is celebrating it`s 50th anniversary.  The Pulitzer Prize winning novel about racial injustice and loss of innocence in a small southern town is as timely as poignant as … Continue reading →