Category: Books

I don’t often read memoirs, but this one very obviously and quite literally jumped out at me when I was perusing a local bookstore in St. Louis recently. Sally Mann! My photography hero and life-long inspiration — here, her whole life so far, told in her beautiful flowing words in her new memoir, Hold Still.  As … Continue reading “Reading…”

Some mysterious someone (identify yourself now to receive our gratefulness, if you are reading!) was so kind to send these two old school, early 1980’s amazing books: The Giant Jam Sandwich, by John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway, and A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, by Nancy Willard, illustrated by Alice and … Continue reading “Reading…”

All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr This book. You guys! This book is so amazing! This is the kind of book to savor, to pour over every detail so you feel that you are right there along with the characters. I’m not too far in (hence the savoring part), but already the … Continue reading “Reading…”

The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton  My dear and talented artist/writer/mama friend Maggie pressed this book into my hand while at her son’s birthday celebration (a moment that followed much laughter about our two blond-headed boys wearing the exact same Good Times pineapple tee shirt at the party and looking eerily similar from afar) and alluded to … Continue reading “Reading…”

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig We checked out this book on cd at our library recently, and having never read it before (maybe as a child, but I had certainly never read it to my kids), fell totally and completely in love! We popped the cd into our car cd player while … Continue reading “Reading… (and Listening)”