Category Archives: reviews

How many meals?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Erin

If you cook, as I do, you probably spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen. You probably also have a cookbook collection, as well as bookmarks for your favorite sites. I discovered another site to add to my … Continue reading →

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Pointing to art

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Erin

Justine Musk has blogged a couple of times about Seth Godin’s book, Linchpin. Based on what she had to say, I checked it out from my library, and I’m glad I did. The book is about choosing to be indispensable … Continue reading →

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2010 in review

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Erin

To create this image of what I’ve been up to this year, I took monthly updates that I’ve posted on the Forward Motion writing board and plugged them in to Wordle. I think it’s a fair representation of what I’ve … Continue reading →

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Death After Dusk and other drinks

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Erin

The other thing we did on Friday night (besides the holiday party) was visit the Bookstore Speakeasy. This charming purveyor of food and drinks on Bethlehem’s South Side is a fairly faithful recreation of a 1920’s speakeasy. No external sign … Continue reading →

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Old reviews

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Erin

What old reviews, you may ask? Some from a writing blog I kept before I had this site. To whit: Rainy day reading — various series of blog posts that writers might find useful. There are new ones I would … Continue reading →

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Life as a Moving Target review

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Erin

Today marks the released of Life as a Moving Target, by Erin Zarro, a chapbook published by Turtleduck Press. The publisher site describes it: Life as a Moving Target is a poetry chapbook that explores living with fibromyalgia and intractable … Continue reading →

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second chances

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Erin

I know, it’s Thursday, I’m supposed to be posting a review. I thought about posting about No Ordinary Family and its similarities and differences to The Incredibles, and why the tensions and conflicts — internal and external — make it … Continue reading →

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Legacy of Wolves review

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Erin

This review is a few years late in coming. I bought Legacy of Wolves, by Marsheila Rockwell, when it first came out, and I promised her I’d give it a review. In the interest of full disclosure, I should note … Continue reading →

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happiness is a choice

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Erin

Last week, I watched a TED talk by Dan Gilbert on why we’re happy. He talked about natural happiness versus synthetic happiness — how our brains decide that we’re happy with what we’ve got — and more, how we’re happier … Continue reading →

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Screwflies

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Erin

I’m going to try to make Thursday a review day here on my blog. Not necessarily a formal review, just a “here’s something I read (or watched) and what I thought about it.” I will not be duplicating reviews that … Continue reading →

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