As I’m sure you all know, the iconic Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Dolly was known for so many talents, her top titles being singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and …
When I started this column, I intended only to feature books that I enjoyed. While I have written about a couple of books that hit below four or five stars, I have never made what I thought to be a …
Last month marked 10 years since my high school graduation. During my senior year, I was in Advanced Placement Literature, called AP Lit for short, and I was recently thinking back on the list of …
I love reading books set in the Midwest, especially Wisconsin and/or Minnesota. I’ve lived in Wisconsin my entire life, but up until moving to Amery two and a half years ago, I had always been …
I recently reread one of my absolute favorite books, “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah, and it had me thinking that if I could recommend only one book to anyone, it would be this. I’ve read …
At the end of March, I went on a road trip with my mom and two-year-old daughter. Our main destination was Kansas City, as the attraction that inspired the entire trip was a children’s museum there …
If you’re a film fan, there’s a good chance you’ve seen, or at least heard of the 2015 movie “The Martian.” What I find most fascinating about “The Martian” is not the plot, but the …
With Valentine’s Day only days away, I thought it would be fitting to write about the romance genre this month. When I was studying English Literature in college, there was a day in one of my …
I read 50 books in 2025—50 adult books that is, of course not counting the hundreds of picture books I read to my toddler. My 50th and final book of the year was an advanced reader copy of …
Freida McFadden’s thriller novel, “The Housemaid,” has been made into a movie starring Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney and Brandon Sklenar, and it hits the big screen on Dec. 19. I …
I recently read Phil Knight’s 383-page memoir, “Shoe Dog,” and gave it a rating of four and a half stars out of five. When I told my best friend, with whom I often read books in …