I am back in the book saddle!!! After a long two weeks not finding anything that sparked my interest I have read three books in the last two days. Sometimes you just have to take a step back. I took a little friend of mine to see the new Disney remake of Beauty and the Beast.... Continue Reading →
I remember a time when I believed - no, I absolutely knew - that fairies lived in the world around me. I couldn't see them but they were there. Toni DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's book The Spiderwick Chronicles transported me back to this wonderful state of mind. The illustrations and the narrative are whimsical, innocent and fantastical. I adored... Continue Reading →
It is Friday night. It has been a long week and you just want to relax. So, you turn on Netflix and you flip through the options, maybe start one or two, and find nothing that captures your interest? The frustration begins to build. So, you head over to Amazon Prime or maybe even shows... Continue Reading →
Happy First of May! On New Years Eve I make resolutions. Lots of them. On my birthday I set goals for my year. And, on May 1st I begin my spring cleaning. This is mainly so I can free up my summer hours for fun, sun, and reading. With that in mind I started where I... Continue Reading →
For me, this book was an eighty-six page epiphany. Ben Lerner argues, "Many more people agree they hate poetry than can agree what poetry is." I would never be capable of explicitly defining poetry. Before the book I would have said I liked poetry. Now I feel that I don't really know what poetry is and the little... Continue Reading →
I like the way Rainbow Rowell describes her work on her website. "...She always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like they are screwing up. And people falling in love." This is such an apt and lovely description of her work that I feel I could not do any better.... Continue Reading →
I have long felt that Sophie Kinsella understands the many beautiful shades of gray that women can occupy. Women are not all the same, our experiences are not identical and certainly, our reactions to life will not be carbon copies of each other. Regardless of whether I personally identify with a character, Kinsella writes female protagonists I... Continue Reading →
I was very fortunate to be raised in a home rich with music. So, I have always believed that music (and books, obviously) are a means of escape and adventure. Music can transport you, encourage you and instantly change your mood. So, when I saw the blurb for Echo I knew I wanted to read it.... Continue Reading →
Secrets and the inability to share them create a tense and wonderful mystery story set in the English countryside during World War II. Farleigh is the ancestral home of the Sutton family. One morning a soldier dressed in Royal West Kent uniform is found dead in the fields of the grand home. His parachute failed. When examined more... Continue Reading →
I read the first of this series by accident. I picked it up years and years ago intending to read the wonderful Half Magic by Edward Eager but I got flustered at the library and couldn't remember the name of the book. This was 2005 or 2006 and long before I had a smartphone so... Continue Reading →
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