JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Here are my notes from reading Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel. I had to return the book to the library, so I apologize for the skeleton sketches. What I’ve posted here is a combination of my own summary (written in first person) combined with […]

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A paperback copy of Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton has been at our home for years. Ted brought it into our marriage with him, a gift from a former girlfriend, yet neither one of us had read it. So I took it along on our roadtrip to LA. I finished the story the […]

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On our drive to Los Angeles in October, we listened to The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois. I found the book on a reading list for Abigail’s level but soon Ted and I wanted to read it too, taking turns passing the paperback through the van. The story begins in San Francisco in […]

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Last week I heard a report on NPR’s Day to Day Bloggers Influence the Publishing Industry, describing the impact book blogs are having on the publishing industry. I don’t read book blogs but maybe I should. It sounded like the literary blogs had found a solid niche since other publications only cover books promoted by […]

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After our appointment this morning, I treated the girls to chocolate frozen yogurt. Since we were in the neighborhood, it was easy to see Beth Grigg and her sons. Little Owen sure had grown since we met him in July at the Bainbridge blogger picnic. Thanks for the fun!

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