Katrina Ávila Munichiello's Website and Book Blog (KAM Reads)
I have a fear for our future. (Okay, I have a lot of fears for our nation, but this is the one looming biggest in my mind.) I fear that we have forgotten the beautiful art of debate. There is no debate anymore. There is a shouting, ever louder, of our own opinion and position. …
Continue reading Take Action Tuesday: Minds Wide Open
I can't even pin down the real timeframe; she was just kind of there. And magical. And amazing. And inspiring. I am speaking, of course, of a librarian. I know I've mentioned my son a few times already here. He's my partner in book-loving crime. My girls like to read as well, but he, like …
Continue reading My Day, Monday: To Inspiration and Libraries
I've seen my fair share of book to movie adaptations. They fall in a few different categories: There are the books that I've loved and I seek out the movie version as an extension of my adoration for the book There are the books that I've loved and I watch the movie, cringing and sure …
2016 was kind of a kick in the head, I have to say. Not all of it. There were some truly wonderful parts. But there was also a fair amount of angst, unwelcome drama, sickness and some deaths that I still can't wrap my brain around. (And not just the celebrity kind.) To be honest, …
The past few weeks have been full of such emotionally charged moments that it sometimes feels hard to breathe. Orlando. The sheer mention is a punch to the gut. I am at once full of rage and the need to scream and rail at the sky, but also to weep and hug my friends and …
I can think of few pleasures as wonderful as a good book. I love to open the cover of a new book, slowly turning the pages, taking a deep breath as I absorb those first words. And then I'm off, racing word by word, paragraph by paragraph. I consume it, wishing the end would never …
