Category Archives: Books and TV

A version of this article first appeared on mylittlebird.com.Michelle Dockery plays a rifle-toting widow in Netflix's new limited series "Godless"... Read More

My own "gray divorce" was finalized when I was just past fifty, twenty-five years in and after a long separation during which I kept looking for ways ... Read More

If you, like me, ever watched Sex and the City and wondered how on earth Carrie Bradshaw could sashay through the streets of New York in Manolo Blahni... Read More

[caption id="attachment_25433" align="alignleft" width="325"] Picnickers at the Jane Austen Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Photos courtesy of the G... Read More

Were you one of the kids who looked forward to that summer reading list your teacher distributed, or did you groan in agony? Summer reading mean... Read More

Flipping through the channel guide the other day on my TV, I came across the title, If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast. How could anyone resist ... Read More

There are so many resources available now for watching TV shows - network channels, premium cable, streaming providers like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon P... Read More

I love reading!!! It’s a great way to learn about new topics, it’s a great escape, it expands my vocabulary, it’s a stress reliever, and it teac... Read More

An Introduction to the New York Times #1 Bestselling Author:On October 25, 2015, the NYT’s Book Review celebrated Elizabeth George’s 19th entr... Read More

Best Selling Writer You May Not Know Yet: Is it possible that there is an internationally best-selling author out there and you don’t know her name... Read More

Jane Smiley's 100 Years Trilogy, Part 2 The second book in Jane Smiley’s 100 Years Trilogy, “Early Warning,” which was preceded by “Some Luck... Read More

Introduction and BackgroundHave you ever waited months for a new movie, mini-series on television like the upcoming final season of “Downton Abb... Read More