Sometimes I feel as though I’m just not doing enough with my life. Every day falls into the exact same routine consisting of taking care of my family and home, doing some work, and taking courses for my Master’s degree. Ho hum. We haven’t been on vacation in forever, and I barely even have a [...]
A friend of mine recently told me that she’s interested in starting up a home-based business. She has never done anything like that before, so she doesn’t really know how to get started or even what kind of business she wants to run. I suggested the For Dummies book, because it’s probably a lot more [...]
Summary: I’ve never been much of a tennis fan, but when Andre Agassi burst onto the professional tour in the late ’80s-early ’90s, even I couldn’t help but notice. He had wild, two-tone hair, wore hot pink lava spandex under denim shorts, and could play tennis. I started watching Agassi’s matches, and always pulled for [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): Holly Hogan is a 14-year-old girl living in foster care. Though there are hints that Holly has been in trouble in the past (she had to stay in the psychiatric unit after being caught “hooking” one night), it seems as though her problematic behavior was due more to the influence of [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): Tom Wingo is an unhappily married, out-of-work high school English teacher/football coach living in his native South Carolina. One day he finds out that wife Sally has been cheating on him — but he can’t deal with that crisis properly because he has to go off to New York City to [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve posted the New York Times Bestseller List — or even looked at it, for that matter — so I haven’t been paying attention to which titles are keeping all the tm-t88iv receipt printers at bookstores across the country busy these days. I was surprised to see a new Harlan [...]
I’ve been trying for several years now to lose about 10 pounds — and keep it off. I know that sounds very doable (compared to people who need to lose a lot more), but it has actually been extremely difficult. I’ve tried exercising every day, jogging, counting calories, the alli diet pill and other supplements, [...]
Is there a subject that the “For Dummies” series doesn’t touch upon? Seriously, I can’t believe it. For every single topic I’m interested in, I end up finding a “For Dummies” book that talks about it. My father-in-law gave us a couple of gold coins last night, and I wanted to check up on the [...]
I was at my mom’s house last weekend, and saw that she had this book called Feel Nifty After 50! on her bedside table. Really, she should be looking at something that says Nifty After 60, but I didn’t mention that to her! Anyway, the book had beauty and makeup tips for the older crowd, [...]