book club – Books Smitten

DNF

When it comes to reading, I am hyper fixated. Not finishing a book feels like an unfinished project, dishes in the sink. As a result, my “did not finish” pile is relatively small. Occasionally, though, I advance a certain amount only to stall. It happens. To be clear, I define “did not finish” as booksContinue reading “DNF”

Pick Me Oprah

Growing up in the Midwest in the ’80s, I watched a lot of Oprah. In her early shows she was a Phil Donahue wannabe, taking phone calls over a loudspeaker and moving around her studio audience, holding a mic out to let them vent their opinions. Later she did more one-on-one interviews from a leatherContinue reading “Pick Me Oprah”