The Dinner by Herman Koch takes place over the course of one meal between two brothers and their wives. The novel begins with an aperitif, being an introduction to the couples and casual small talk. When we reach the succulent main course we learn the true reason for the evening out; to talk about their […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish My Blogging History — a look back on my reading/writing and how they have developed over the years. On the Banks of Plum Creek — a review and nostalgic thoughts on the series. November is Epilepsy Awareness Month — a post on the importance of Epilepsy awareness Jane […]
The Classics Club monthly meme is another way to bring members of The Classics Club together. The post for the month will go up on the main page of this blog on the 2nd of the month, and you’ll have all month to respond over at your blog. Q: “Who is hands-down the best literary hero, in […]
Last weekend I watched Fallen Idol. The premise was a young boy who admires his family’s butler, who tells exotic stories about Africa. Until one night, he witnesses (or thinks he does) the butler murdering his wife because the butler always did it. The little snot spreads rumors of the supposed killing having the police […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte: Prior to reading Jane Eyre I had never read a Gothic novel and was a thrilling experience. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank: Heart wrenching, a book everyone should read just once. One True Thing by Anna Quindlen: Discuses Mercy […]
Alice is your typical teen-aged girl. She worries that she is too fat. She wants a boyfriend: “I wish I were popular and beautiful and wealthy and talented.” She frequently makes resolutions in her diary to do better in school, work toward a better relationship with her mother, and lose weight. Her life changes when […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish Mr. Darcy: He has a hard facade, but has a heart of gold and is a great letter writer. (who doesn’t love a good love letter). Rhett Butler: Everyone loves a bad boy, but like Mr. Darcy he also has a heart of gold. Heathcliff: Yes yes I […]
Currently Reading: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin What I read in March: Splintered by A.G. Howard Janie Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney Snow White by Brothers Grimm Fairest by Gail Carson Levine Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem by Melissa Lemon Snow in […]
Snow in Summer, (which is actually the poor girl’s name) begins with the burial site of her mother and stillborn brother. Her father is distraught, and any happiness Snow may have had is over with her widowed father going into a five year depression. Every evening, Daddy goes to his wife’s grave site and one […]
I completed three challenges in March and decided that instead creating three separate posts I’m globing them into one. Young Adult Reading Challenge hosted by My Overstuffed Bookshelf My Level: The Mini YA Reading Challenge – Read 12 Young Adult novels. 1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling2. Farmer Boy by Laura […]