I mentioned back in my “Prettiest Me” post (which detailed my new-found awareness of all things Beauty) a book I’ve been referring to often in my research.  It’s Nina Garcia’s The One Hundred:  A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own. This book is nearly perfect in every way.  It’s clear, straightforward, shows the [...]

I have command over a pretty dynamic domestic empire here at home, but that’s about the extent of my CEO responsibilities right now. My interest in Gregory Bergman’s business-related glossary BizzWords (published by Adams Media) was not about securing tread in the business world, then, but more about my interest in language in general, and [...]

This book is subtitled “A Writer’s Guide to Getting It Right.” You should learn something critical from this: namely, that if you’re not a writer, and you don’t care much about words in their most precisely accurate usages, you won’t care much about this book. I, myself, loved it. I’m new to Bill Bryson, though [...]

I know, back to non-fiction. I thought about reviewing this book later, but I tried to renew it from the library and it’s on hold for another patron. That told me two things: (a) it needs to be back, pronto, and (b) someone else has an interest in this book! Maybe you would, too. This [...]