This book is all about coping mechanisms. Cheri becomes distant from his wife claiming everything his wife says and does is wrong because it is not Lea. Lea just picks up and goes away on vacation, but even the change of scenery still leaves her feeling morose. This book was heartbreaking. It is obvious, by […]
Cinder is a retelling of the fairy tale Cinderella, but is completely different from any other retelling I have yet encountered. It is futuristic and this Cinderella is cyborg. I like to pride myself, that I am pretty good about figuring out plot twists ahead of time, I had Cinder’s true hidden identity (even to […]
There is a woman behind every man. An amazing woman. That’s what The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is about, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Bump, the wife of Tom Thumb. Most know of Tom Thumb through a cute fairy tale or a Disney production, but not the real story. That is what I like about Melanie […]
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 […]