Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the new season of Literary Goodies. Some of you know what this is (and yes, I made a mistake months ago, it's season 5 now). For the newcomers, here's what you are getting into: absolute fun and plenty of thinking. All you have to do is read the books and listen. Huh? I am very used to having people not understand my neurodivergent thinking. Here's the good news: it's not as complicated as you think. Literary Goodies are my ways of conne

I love reading...as this #BehindTheScenes will tell you. I am THE definition of a book dragon. My love for it was drilled into me early on. My father always believed that being an academic was the best way to get through life and my mother agreed. After all, his father went through seminary school. It brought him to a comfortable position after years of struggling with a bad marriage and alcoholism. He and my grandmother (his second wife) lived in San Francisco for many years