Happy Birthday Charles Dickens you would have been 201 today. Despite your passing so many years ago your books have still endured. I must admit that I am just beginning to become acquainted with you. The only book I have read of yours is A Christmas Carol. I first read it in 8th grade and […]
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 […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish This is really more of my parent’s memory, but when I was a baby they put down a buck, a beer and a book and depending on which order I went to them would determine my personality later. I crawled to the book first, followed by the buck […]
Director: Edmund Goulding Writers: Casey Robinson (screen play), George Emerson Brewer Jr. (from the play by) Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart Release Date: April 22, 1939 A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, and must decide whether she’ll meet her final days with dignity. Bette Davis is my favorite actress […]
First, for my New Year’s Resolutions progress Do not go crazy with reading challenges: I am borderline here Comment on at least 5 blogs a day: I’ve been doing okay with this, some days I comment on anywhere from 0-2 blogs and on others I comment on 10 so I’ll give myself a passing grade […]
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 […]
I admit, I’m a month behind getting The Perpetual Page-Turner’s End of Year Survey post up. Despite my love of lists I kept putting it off with good intentions to come back and complete it later. Well, later is better then never so here I go. *Note I did not read a whole lot of […]
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 thought I had my February reading all planned out with Charles Dickens, but then I recieved an invite from Goodreads for Delassie’s French February Event. I hemmed and hawwed over it and finally after looking at my Classics Club List decided to join. I plan on reading: Cheri by Colette The Knight of […]
Dear Jane, 200 hundred years ago today my favorite book was published, Pride and Prejudice. I am finding it hard to accurately express my love of this novel. It is glorious. It is universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice still stands as a beloved novel 200 hundred years later. Despite the vast changes in the […]