I have fond memories of re-reading titles such as “The Scarlet Letter” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” alongside my kids during their high-school English classes. Going back to investigate the classics is a satisfying pastime but most of all, it’s …
Start Your Year with Lonesome Dove
I’ve led my book club down many risky reading paths over the past twenty years. Sometimes, my choices arouse vociferous resistance and when I’ve led the group astray, I readily beg forgiveness. But more often than not, trying something out …
1.5.22
Control the Scroll: Managing Social Media and Mental Health – A Common Sense webinar
In my new role as a consultant, I organized a conversation for Common Sense titled “Control the Scroll: Managing Social Media and Mental Health” with two LA resources — influencer and athlete Victoria Garrick and Dr. Dolly Klock (of Adolessons…
11.23.21
How Many Books Can You Read Before September?
I’m sharing three picks for August – the first was written 30 years old, the second is a brand new book from a beloved author, and the third is an important bit of journalism that reads like a novel. The …
8.2.21
Beach Reading – Fiction that’s Fun and Some Light Learning, Too
If you’re searching for a book or two for your beach bag, here are a few titles that are being widely discussed as page-turners for this summer.
The first is “Great Circle” by Maggie Shipstead – Ron Charles, who writes …
6.9.21
May Reading List
Ron Brownstein’s “Rock Me on the Water: 1974 – The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics” is a book that I’ve already given as a gift three times, teeing it up as a first choice …
5.19.21
March Reading List
Joan Didion’s new book What I Mean is a collection of old essays, and besides the pleasure of a trip down memory lane (profiles of Nancy Reagan and early Martha Stewart are particularly pleasurable), the slim volume includes a …
3.2.21
Undine, for the Wharton Win
My book group met on Zoom from April to December last year, and we’ll likely be doing the same for most of 2021. Struggling at the end of 2020 to choose a cheery title, we turned to a time-honored trick. …
1.24.21
