These days, you’ll find a lot of celebrities aspiring to cross one more thing off of their bucket lists. Bruce Willis, for example, will be starring on Broadway for the first time ever in a theatrical adaptation of Stephen King’s “Misery,” alongside “Roseanne’s” Laurie Metcalfe. Kevin Costner decided he wanted to finance and release a book…
The summer is starting to wind down. With only three weekends left, many are running off to get that one last vacation in before the fall arrives. For me, June, July and August are my months for vacation, which means taking a bit of a break from writing and the blogs. September is when I’m back…
If there’s any book you need to pick up this summer, let “Circling the Sun: A Novel“ from Paula McLain be at the very top of that list. If you’ve read “The Paris Wife,” you already know how spectacular the story was. “Circling the Sun” is even better. Like “The Paris Wife,” the main character…
I’m just coming off of a very long vacation, so I’m very behind in posting up content. It doesn’t mean I wasn’t working in some way or another. It does mean I was able to find some time to catch up on a lot of reading material. The first book I’m going to share is…
Book Review – The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker. Released June 2, 2015 by Little, Brown and Company. I am a sucker for Young Adult Fantasy Fiction, so when Little, Brown handed me a copy, I couldn’t wait to read it. I don’t remember where I heard about the book before, whether it was from Book…
Book Review – Like My Father Always Said…: Gruff Advice, Sweet Wisdom, and Half-Baked Instructions on How to Fix Your Stuff and Your Life, by Erin McHugh Just in time for Father’s Day, Erin McHugh’s “Like My Father Always Said…” is a collection of sayings from fathers that McHugh gathered after creating a similar book for…
Hello Lovelies. In my research this month on “How To Be French,” I found some rather interesting articles worth sharing. 1. 10 Eating Rules French Children Know (But Americans Don’t), from Mind Body Green. By Rebeca Plantier. If there’s anything this author has discovered is that her children know how to be French better than…
Before moving this site to a new platform, I experimented with a topic last year to see how it would be perceived. Each month would get its own region and we would take a look at all things from that region. We’re revisiting FRANCE and all things FRENCH to start off Diary of a Perfectionist…
Over the last ten years, I have come to fall in love with the writings of Carlos Ruiz Zafon. His claim to fame is the amazing novel, “The Shadow of the Wind.” A friend had suggested I read this book, because she heard someone else suggest it. I read the book, absorbed it, and fell…
A resolution I make every year is to read 52 books a year (a book a week). These last two years I’ve kind of slacked off due to dramatic life changes. In 2015, I plan on getting back on track. While perusing Pinterest, I saw that Popsugar had pinned this reading challenge from their site….
One of the items on my bucket list is to read all of Anne Rice’s novels. I’ve read many, but not all of her works. When I finally read Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, I started to rethink keeping this wish to read all of her books on my bucket list. From darkness comes light…
It’s the final days of summer. With only 3 days remaining before we officially kick start our autumn mentality, here are a few books worth picking up during your last few days of relaxation. Half-Broke Horses I’m not a lover of Westerns, but imagine looking at it through the eyes of a woman. Then imagine…
Coffee table books, especially large books of art, are never cheap. Finding the right one for your home when there are so many to choose from may seem a little daunting at first. Then when you’re at the bookstore and find just the right book, it’s either too big to carry home or the price…
Today we remember D-Day. June 6, 1944. Seventy years ago today, the end of World War II began in the Battle of Normandy. By late August 1944, the Allies were able to liberate Western Europe from the control of Nazi Germany. My grandfather used to tell me stories of D-Day. He was in France at the time (as a soldier), but did…
I received this letter (hand-delivered) through someone that had read my blog post about “The Case of A*.” I was really surprised to read this letter (or to have received it). It brought a tear to my eye. I just pray that poor A* will get the help he really needs in the justice system…
There is a family court case I’ve been following for the past year. This case goes all the way back to the time A* was 2 years old. He is now 11 years old. His parents never married, but they have been in a constant custody battle for the past 9 (going on 10) years….
Ok, everybody..don’t kill me for asking this, but I need some help with a summer project I’m working on. I’ve enlisted a couple of friends to help me, but I thought I would see if by posting something this would get more responses. I was Googling the ‘greatest love stories of all time’ and came…
I just finished reading “The Septembers of Shiraz” by Dalia Sofer. It really made me think a lot about religion, privileges and circumstances. I’ve learned over the past few years that it is difficult to be friends with people that are not in the same class as you financially. The main reason has a lot…
