Book Review: We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson No one except Merrikat goes up the back path to the Blackwood house any more. Not since the murders. And that’s just the way Mary Katherine Blackwood likes it. And even she would not go through the gate except that someone has to shop for groceries once a week. Uncle Julian is… Continue reading Book Review: We Have Always Lived In the Castle
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Book Review: Murder on the Red River
Book Review: Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon Renee “Cash” Blackbear hasn’t seen her mother or brother since the accident when her mother drunkenly put their car in the ditch. Bundled into the foster care system for over a decade, Cash doesn’t even know if they’re still alive. An adult (just barely) in the eyes of the world, Cash… Continue reading Book Review: Murder on the Red River
Book Review: The Book Thief
Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Gravedigger’s Handbook is the first book Liesel steals. She’s illiterate at the time, but her brother’s just been buried, and the book one of the gravediggers dropped looks important. And it will be important, as Liesel learns to read from that book. It would be tough enough to lose a brother at Liesel’s young… Continue reading Book Review: The Book Thief
Book Review: King Solomon’s Mines and Other Adventure Classics
Book Review: King Solomon’s Mines and Other Adventure Classics compiled by Sterling Publishing Company This is another bulky compilation of public domain stories, concentrating this time on tales of adventure and derring-do in exotic locations. Indeed, the book is broken into sections by terrain–desert, jungle, South Seas islands, and other scenes unfamiliar to their readers. There’s twenty-five stories in total, but let’s begin with those… Continue reading Book Review: King Solomon’s Mines and Other Adventure Classics
Book Review: Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of THE BIRDS OF AMERICA
Book Review: Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of THE BIRDS OF AMERICA by William Souder When John James Audubon arrived in Philadelphia in 1824, he carried with him a portfolio of beautiful bird paintings he hoped to turn into a book, and a backstory of childhood in Louisiana, being the… Continue reading Book Review: Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of THE BIRDS OF AMERICA
Book Review: The World of HIstory
Book Review: The World of History edited by Courtlandt Canby & Nancy E. Gross History is a very wide and deep subject. It extends from the beginning of the universe (though much before written records is speculative at best) to just this last minute, and from the movements of great nations to what precisely people… Continue reading Book Review: The World of HIstory
Book Review: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Book Review: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin On Alice Island, off the coast of Massachusetts, there is a bookstore, Island Books. It isn’t doing so well right now. Owner A.J. Fikry was never the most sociable of people, and he’s gotten downright surly since the death of his wife Nic. Sales… Continue reading Book Review: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Book Review: In the Common Interest 2: Embracing Five Star Customer Service
Book Review: In the Common Interest 2: Embracing Five Star Customer Service by John Carona Disclaimer: I received a download of this book through a Goodreads giveaway to facilitate this review. No other compensation was offered or requested. Mr. Carona is the founder of Associa, a community management company. They work with homeowners’ associations, gated… Continue reading Book Review: In the Common Interest 2: Embracing Five Star Customer Service
Book Review: Peter Pan
Book Review: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie All of us have visited the Neverland, but relatively few remember, for most children go there only in their imaginations. Only a handful ever come in person, and just one always returns. He is the boy that will never grow up, Peter Pan. Peter is both beautiful and… Continue reading Book Review: Peter Pan
Book Review: Rain of the Ghosts
Book Review: Rain of the Ghosts by Greg Weisman Rain Cacique may have just hit puberty, but her future is already locked into place. Rain is going to stay here in the Ghost Keys near Florida, the Prospero Keys to outsiders, and serve the tourist industry in some way. Just like her parents and grandparents… Continue reading Book Review: Rain of the Ghosts