Category: Books
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Kelle Wins A Silver Key in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards!
Kelle had submitted her poem called Breath to a poetry contest a while back, but she put the contest out of her mind. One day her Geometry teacher mentioned that she was a winner! But he didn’t have the details. We did some searching around and found an article in the Millburn Patch with some…
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Charles Darwin Quote
Heard this for the first time today – think it is a keeper…. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
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Happier?
I just finished reading a book titled Happier. It is a New York Times Bestseller, written by Tal Ben-Shahar. He is one of Harvard’s most popular lecturers, with his classes attended by over 1,400 students per semester. The book is a good guide to thinking about happiness and what we can do to become happier. Once…
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John Grisham’s First Short Story
For all you John Grisham fans, you might know that he has released a collection of short stories, called Ford County. Read an excerpt from the first story, called Fetching Raymond.
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The Associate
Just finished reading The Associate by John Grisham. I haven’t read a Grisham book in a long time. I had moved over to James Patterson – thank to my dad. But I picked up a copy of the Associate at the local library and read through it very quickly. The book is about a Yale…