Good morning. A recent 4 hour family trip turned interesting with a new book. The beloved author of The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks’ created a thrilling story which graced topics of social casts, love, death, animal cruelty, and human torture. We enjoyed having this story in audio form read by Jan Francis, Read More …

Concise Anthology of American Literature by George L. McMichael My rating: 3 of 5 stars George L. McMichael’s Concise Anthology of American Literature was a nice mixture of authors with a focus of giving a taste of literature from different time periods of American’s writing history. I enjoyed a lot of the history, as well Read More …

As I mentioned in a previous post I started Great Expectations by Charles Dickens several months ago. Being frustrated by my chosen media, and at the interest of reading the book through with my sister, I recently started it once again. Getting past volume one made it quite clear that I would need to break my review into parts Read More …

So several weeks ago I started Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and truly enjoyed reading every second I got a chance to. Then I shared my reading adventure with my sister. I was reading a free e-version of the book, but got quite frustrated by the spelling errors, half sentences, and missing chapters. So now, Read More …

Although my goal was never to be a perfect specimen I continually appreciate Tosca Reno’s The Eat-Clean Diet. I am not much of a dieter because I feel that diet should be more of something you do on a daily basis rather than a short term goal driven band aid to a problem that is likely the Read More …

 I have finally closed a chapter in my life that has caused me grief since I was a small child! I finally finished a book I started SEVERAL years ago. Why this was such an accomplishment I have no idea, but here goes. My lovely mom purchased for me when I was a child the Read More …

I have read A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola from cover to cover. I feel compelled to admit that I enjoyed reading this book, probably a little too much! Mrs. Andreola’s humor was something I appreciated as well as her willingness to add her personal feelings and experiences into her writing. A Charlotte Mason Companion helps those Read More …

Alright, I finally finished Tears in The Darkness.  I took a good long break for Easter, the following weekend we had company in our home, and of course this last weekend we celebrated Mother’s Day by being entirely too busy!  The last post I wrote I was just past half finished and was in the heat of the Read More …

Always amazing to me the irony of situations. After my blog writing mentioning this years Death March in White Sands New Mexico, I came across one of the books I located with Amazon. Tears In The Darkness The story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath. I was waltzing throughout the library on my bi-weekly escape to Read More …