About That Lisbeth Salander…

I’ve been spending a lot of time with Lisbeth Salander lately. Lisbeth, as some of you may know, is the fictional heroine (if you can call her that) of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy:

You Know You’re a History Geek When…

… you refuse to finish watching a movie because it is so historically inaccurate. That’s what happened recently when I started watching Elizabeth I.

A Night of Botulism

A while back my husband and I were watching some TV shows on the laptop. Every once in a while we get a kick out of watching an old show like McMillian & Wife or McCloud or something.

Rest in Peace, J.D. Salinger

It’s funny how people react when you talk about J.D. Salinger. I’ve been absorbed in some of the web conversations over the last few hours, ever since we first heard that Salinger had passed at the age of 91. It seems, like any icon, there are two schools of thought: those that thought he was [...]

New Favorite Show: Castle

I have a new favorite show, and it’s name is Castle. Now, don’t get me wrong, we’ve seen this show before. It’s been done. It’s formulaic. But I love it anyways. I love it in part because of the writer character of the show, played by Nathan Fillion.

A New Madeline Book!

Went to a very fun author event last night at the Harry W. Schwartz bookstore. John Bemelmans Marciano, grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans (author of the original Madeline books) was visiting the Mequon store with his new children’s book. First, I should say that any time I hear of a son or grandson picking up the [...]

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