Author Archives: Mindy
The Real Women of Fiction
I don’t read many biographies, but I am utterly compelled by biographical fiction. The main characters of these novels are based on real people, but the authors aren’t stodgy about getting the facts straight. Instead they are more concerned with … Continue reading
Filed under Book Lists, Fiction, Historical Fiction
If You Follow Me
Like most people, I’ve been thinking about Japan a lot since the March earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis. Among many other things, I’m reminded of a book I read last spring, If You Follow Me by Malena Watrous. Marina is … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, Fiction, General Fiction
Bookmobile Day!
What’s that? You didn’t know that today, April 13, 2011, is the second annual National Bookmobile Day? Well, now you know. If the Everett Public Library’s Outreach Services staff have ever visited you or your family at your home, preschool, senior … Continue reading
Filed under Book Discussions & Events, Book Review, Graphic Novels
There’s a First Time for Everything
Every time I pass a copy of The Time Traveler’s Wife, I wish I could read it again for the first time. Do you know the feeling? It doesn’t matter if it’s my personal copy or if it’s at the … Continue reading
Filed under Book Lists, Fiction, General Fiction
Local Flavor
I recently had the good fortune of hearing Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout speak about “Why Fiction Matters” at Seattle Arts and Lectures. One of the themes she addressed was a strong sense of place. Not all writers have one, … Continue reading
Filed under Book Lists, Everett Reads, Fiction, General Fiction
Stuff
I briefly panicked when my friend Kathy told me to read Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things. Had she gone hunting for a Tic Tac in my purse and found a wad of old receipts, half a dozen ChapSticks, … Continue reading
Filed under Fiction, General Fiction, Health and Exercise, Memoir & Biography, Nonfiction, Young Adult
Happy Birthday, SnoCo!
Snohomish County is celebrating its 150th birthday this month! On January 14, 1861, the Washington Territorial Legislature created Snohomish County out of Island County. There will be sesquicentennial events throughout 2011. For a brief overview of how our county came … Continue reading
Filed under Nonfiction, Northwest History
Resolutions
Like most Americans, I set a few New Year’s Resolutions each year. Sometimes I achieve them. Sometimes I fail miserably. 2010 was a successful year for me. I cooked a lot more with help from the library’s cookbook collection. In … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Crafts & How To, Fiction, Gardening, General Fiction, Nonfiction
Oh, Sister
Having grown up in a big family, I thought I knew a thing or two about sibling rivalry. And then I read The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary Lovell. The Mitford family makes my own eclectic clan’s … Continue reading
Filed under History, Memoir & Biography, Nonfiction
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