Michele Cushatt - Writer and Speaker

Book Review: Kabul 24, by Henry O. Arnold & Ben Pearson

Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by Michele.

Part of being a book reviewer involves the unpleasant task of being completely honest when a book doesn’t quite thrill. But that’s my job, to provide you with preview of the stories that both wow and disappoint. At least from my perspective.
For the record, I loathe negative reviews, both reading them and writing them, primarily [...]

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Book Review: Plan B, by Pete Wilson

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Michele.

I was twenty-one years old when my well-orchestrated Plan A fell apart. Since then I’ve been living (often reluctantly) in a Plan B, an alternative I fought against and then spent too many years resenting. That’s why the title of Pete Wilson’s new book intrigued me from first glimpse:
Plan B: What do you do when [...]

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Book Review: Thin Places, by Mary DeMuth

Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by Michele.

The bustle of early morning customers ordering bagels, egg sandwiches and steamy cups of coffee filled the shop where I sat. But I couldn’t hear them. I sat entranced, nose buried as I finished the last pages of Thin Places.
I’d never read anything penned by Mary DeMuth before, aside from the occasional glance at her [...]

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A Glance at My Bulging Bookshelf

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Michele.

I have this nasty habit of reading a ridiculous number of books, all at the same time. Here’s a sampling of the tomes collecting on my dresser and desk, books I’m in the middle of reading at this very moment:

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, by Donald Miller (NF, but reads like F): This [...]

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New Resource for Parents of Reading Kids

Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by Michele.

When my youngest was in 2nd grade he read at a 6th grade level. By 5th grade, he read at a high school level. Now, at twelve, he reads book hand-me-downs from my sixty-something dad, things like John Adams and Hood. He goes through books like water, and has since he started reading at an [...]

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