Strange book, and all the more reason to love Daphne du Maurier. She combines elements of time travel, historical fiction and gothic literature, all the while writing about her own home. The story begins with Dick Young, the first-person narrator, who has left his job with a publishing firm in London and travelled to Cornwall … The House On the Strand

I’m spending the summer with Daphne du Maurier, and I’ve fallen in love with her. How is it that she didn’t cross my path before? It all started with the movie, Frenchman’s Creek, with Joan Fontaine playing Dona, the lovely, high-spirited Lady St. Columb. Such a yummy fantasy, to find a handsome French pirate has … Rebecca

When I learned my book club was reading Dan Harris’s 10% Happier I immediately got the book from the library. Not because I was in a hurry to read it. I believed, based on the title, it was going to be yet another unpleasant, giant happiness project replete with charts and rules designed to make … 10% Unhappy with 10% Happier