I recently brushed off the dust and read it for the first time in over fifteen years. When I first read Little House on the Prairie I was overwhelmed by the coolness of Laura playing in the tall prairie grass with her sunbonnet swinging down her back, with a vigilant look-out for Indians after chore […]
As much as I love the Little House books I don’t recall ever reading this installment of the series. Farmer Boy was really interesting and a different look at that time period (1860s) in upper state New York. It mainly focused on farming which was the families bread and butter/forte. I don’t posses a green […]
My family has gone away for Christmas every year since I was little, and each year there seems to be one book that is floating around the airport. Last year while waiting for connections everyone was reading Stephen King’s 11/22/63 (including myself) this year, it was Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. Gone Girl seemed to appear […]
The Greatest Gift is best known as the inspiration for Frank Capra’s beloved It’s A Wonderful Life. This short story was a surprise to me not only because of how enchanting it is, putting life in perspective, but also because of the differences between this and it’s adapted movie. First off, there is no Uncle […]
The tragedy of waiting too long to write a review is that you are given time to forget, so forgive my vagueness. This was a very surprising read, I was not expecting much more than supermarket fluff and was pleasantly surprised by the intensity and depth the book entailed. Jody is a little girl lost, […]
This novella begins with Ivan’s colleagues of the court upon hearing of his death and bickering over who will be promoted to his place. Already, I smelled greed as a prominent theme. The reader travels to his memorial with said colleagues and finds what appears to be a devoted, distraught widow, Oh how wrong they were… […]
Well, not all of the Daughters of Eve return, Susan is conspicuously absent with the explanation given by past companions: Peter says that she is “no longer a friend of Narnia” Jill Pole — “she’s interested in nothing now-a-days except nylons and lipstick and invitations.” Eustace Scrubb — “What wonderful memories you have! Fancy you […]
Firstly, the beginning of this book is depressing (after Eustance and Jill awesomely escape the bullies at school). Anyway… it is sad because much time has passed in the land of Narnia and King Caspian is old and pruny. Thus, time is of the essence to bring back his missing son, Prince Rilian. So after […]
I really didn’t see The Secret of Red Gate Farm as much of a mystery, not because there wasn’t something to be solved but because it dealt more with cults. However loosely used, a group of people run around flapping their arms to a tribal dance during the full moon, dressed in white sheets that […]
I really liked this installment of the series because it had a race against time aspect to it not only to find Nancy Smith Drew but also to stop her from marrying a gold digger. This almost felt like an episode of The Dating Game gone wrong; a contestant being yanked off stage. As for […]