Can I read 30 books this year? One of my goals for this quickly passing new year is to read (or listen to) 30 books. Ambitious? Perhaps. But if you saw the stacks of books filling the nightstand next to my bed, you might be inclined to agree that I need to pick up myRead more…
When my kids were young enough to come to the beach with me every day, but old enough to get themselves to the pool or spend the day trying to sell friendship bracelets up by the cabanas at our club, I’d squeeze in a lot of reading. I’d sit in a circle on the beachRead more…
You guys, let’s hang out! My lovely, and patient, friends at Athleta, Shrewsbury are putting together a little shindig for us next week to do just that! We can grab a glass of wine, I’ll tell some stories and we can get distracted by Athleta’s new Spring line (SPOILER ALERT: everything is adorable). Grab your best palRead more…
Hello, my name is Amy and I am a book-aholic. You guys, I have a problem. Some people gamble. Some can’t stop buying shoes. I am addicted to books. I love to buy them. I don’t necessary always read them. Or at least finish them. But I have a lot of them. They sit inRead more…
I generally try to avoid all of those email and Facebook chain letters. I’m always flattered when someone includes me in a group of friends whom she thinks would be inspired or uplifted by the message but try to dodge them all the same. I feel bad, but what can I do? But now I’veRead more…
Bummed you missed last week’s hot ticket? I know, I wish I went to see Beyonce at MetLife Stadium, too. And after you finish Googling videos of her performing “Single Ladies” and “Crazy in Love” in NJ last week, check out the show I put on in a slightly smaller Garden State venue. Here’s myRead more…
For the three of you left who haven’t heard the news, last week I got to pretend for one night that I was a successful writer. And it was great. Some friends had thought it would be fun to invite a bunch of people to come hear me read some of my work in hopesRead more…
In my semi-retirement, when I am not eating or thinking about eating or making lists of things I’d like to be eating, I find I am catching up on things I was never able to get around to while I had a job. Things I just didn’t have the time to do. So now, whenRead more…
I am a reader. It’s just always something that I’ve done to stay busy ever since my mom handed me Babar to get me out of her hair when I was a kid. Over the years, the amount I’ve read has ebbed and flowed – I don’t think I finished one book between like 1992-1998 whenRead more…