Entries by bronwynr

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Change Your Life in 100 Days

Consider what would happen if I were to follow you with a camera crew 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the next 100 days while you went for your goals? I bet 3 things would happen.... 1) You would START doing the things you say you need to do. 2) You would […]

Short takes – 24 spring memoirs

The memoir genre rolls on with this batch of 24 from Team Memoir. Standard themes like family dysfunction persist, but we get an enticing twist from a Vanderbilt heir. Also, two firsts: a memoir of assisted suicide, sure to hit a nerve with baby boomer caregivers, and of nonbiological lesbian motherhood. more » » »

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Nice people are winners

Rajesh Setty certainly believes so. I observed time and again that nice people win BIG TIME in the long run. So this was part of my mini-research He goes on to explain how being nice can create exponential growth.

"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery." -- H. G. Wells

What people are requesting at Unalaska Public Library

· Behind every best seller you're likely to find a library hold. See what patrons are lining up to read at Unalaska Public Library, where supernatural fiction by biggies like Charlaine Harris and Diana Gabaldon sits alongside TV on DVD from Lost to House MD. more » » »

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After 80 years he’s back – Winnie the Pooh in Return to the Hundred Acre Wood

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood (Winnie-The-Pooh Collection) ~ David Benedictus Illustrated by Mark Burgess This is a companion volume that truly captures the style of A. A. Milne-a worthy sequel to The House at Pooh Corner and Winnie-the-Pooh. Return to The Hundred Acre Wood: writing the Winnie-the-Pooh sequel  Would AA Milne approve of his successor? David Benedictus […]