This isn’t a review of “Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn’t Help It,” a new biography that I recommend. This is about me. What I think…
We found this post, which is our featured image, at archive.org Wednesday morning after we read a Boing Boing story about it Tuesday night. Many…
One is a new memoir, the other is a new historical novel, both published on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. “Brat: An ’80s Story” is the…
Final days of high school senior year. Told to pick up litter on the school grounds. The first Earth Day. 1970. Notre Dame High School…
Time for trivia. Rachel Kushner’s new, long-awaited and highly recommended essay collection was published on 4-6-21, and the California novelist said the title comes from…
The roof leaks at our Barnes and Noble in Gulfport, Miss., and because of that, the valuable real estate just inside the Crossroads store gets…
It’s a potential boom time for third-party internet sellers of Dr. Seuss books, a theory I base on my Amazon.com research after I read a…
The winter storm brought ice, incredible ice to Gulfport on Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, or in 2021, Yardi Gras because of house…
My blog’s name is You Can Learn From Books, whose inspiration comes from a scene in the 1964 Beatles film “A Hard Day’s Night.” The…
I received a Goodreads email Thursday night (1-7-21) and the subject line was “John Rachel has invited you to the event: FREE READ … The…