Do I Sense Some Criticism Here?

I have taken to a strange sort of blogging. I don’t update very often and when I do it seems that I am usually posting a thought I had a week ago and just haven’t gotten around to typing yet. Reason: I’m really busy lately – uncomfortably so, and when I do have free time I am outside enjoying summer. Anyway, it got me thinking about if what I am doing actually fits the definition of blogging anymore, so I looked up the word online and came across this entry in the Slang Dictionary:

blog n. A type of online diary that someone makes available to other people on the internet. (A very popular way to communicate one's personal details without any social interaction.) : John started a weblog so that other people could read about what he eats for breakfast. , I deleted my blog, since it was too silly.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.

Any question on what the author thinks about bloggers? I choose to believe that blogging and social media actually enhance my social interaction, as my personal connections are often limited by my busy schedule. I would love to be sitting down to dinner regularly with friends and family discussing these topics, but at this point in my life that just isn’t possible. So, I think of it as a supplement rather than a substitute. Thoughts?

Sarah's Key

My book time is the one huge benefit of spending almost two hours each day commuting. I have enjoyed so many interesting, thought-provoking, and emotional books over the years, but only rarely do I come across one that truly moves me.

That is the case with Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay. It has been almost a month since I finished this book and it is still a fixture in my mind.

Sarah's Key is a work of historical fiction set in 1942 during the German occupation of France. It shares the true hidden story of the French government willingly sending many thousands of French Jewish people - including children - to their deaths at Auschwitz. As you follow the path of one such family in the book, the reality of this piece of history seems almost unimaginable. It's the recent past that we would all like to pretend didn't happen.

de Rosnay makes this tragic tale bearable by inserting a delicious modern day story in alternating chapters. Oh, and the Bertrand character - I used to date his clone. An oh-so-perfectly written French man...

This book is completely heart wrenching and wonderful. A must read. Please do. If you read it (or have read it already), let me know what you think. I love discussing books almost as much as reading them!