If you enjoyed reading Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr or Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky then you’ll love the New York Times bestseller The Nightingale by…
Date Archives 2016
Why can’t we be happy the way we are?
Just when I was thinking about rejoining Weight Watchers for the umpteenth time, I read an essay in The New York Times by Jennifer Weiner (author of The Devil Wears Prada and other books) entitled…
The Big Green Tent covers a lot of ground
Books about Russian history aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but after reading Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina a few years ago, I’ve been fascinated with stories of everyday life in Russia at various times in history. Aleksandr…
Revenant means never having to say you’re sorry
With eleven movies on my current “must see” list, you can expect to be reading quite a few movie reviews on BoomerBroadcast in the upcoming weeks. I’ve already seen Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence and now…
Mothers – make sure your daughters grow up to be coders
My favourite radio show is What She Said which broadcasts daily from 10:00 a.m. to noon on Sirius XM satellite radio Channel 167. I’m not able to catch it every day but when I do,…
Joy and ageism
Jennifer Lawrence is taking some undeserved heat for being chosen to play the role of someone at least ten years older than herself in the new movie Joy. Based on the true story of Joy…