Here is a very interesting book I just read. “Dreamers of the Day” by Mary Russell. This is an historical fictional account of Agnes Shanklin- a prim, plain, forty year old Cleveland, Ohio school teacher of the early 1900′s. What especially drew me to this book was not only the history of that time period, [...]
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DREAMERS OF THE DAY by Mary Russell
January 4, 2010
DEWEY by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
July 3, 2009
I am on a roll about new books. This one is about a cat that made The Spencer Library in Spencer, Iowa his home for 19 years. DEWEY by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter is a must read. This is Vicki’s first book, and Bret Witter is a book editor and professional writer who lives [...]
PROMISE OF THE WOLVES by Dorothy Hearst
December 2, 2008
Hi, got another good book I just read. The name is PROMISE OF THE WOLVES by Dorothy Hearst. This is her first novel and as you can see from the title it is about wolves. Ms. Hearst received valuable information about wolves from the International Wolf Center, Yellowstone Association on Wolves, and Wolf Haven. Of [...]
MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA by James McBride
September 1, 2008
Hi, I ran onto another interesting author- James McBride, who has written 3 books so far. His first is THE COLOR OF WATER, next was MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA, and the recent one is THE SONG YET UNSUNG. I have read the last two and it was hard to put one down to continue with [...]
THE WIDOW’S WAR by Sally Gunning
August 4, 2008
Review by Caroline Beanblossom THE WIDOW’S WAR- Sally Gunning Sally Gunning is an 18th century history buff, especially of the old Cape Cod Bay life in the 1700′s. Tragically at the age of 37, Lyddie Berry became a widow from the sea, a common occurrence during the 1700′s at Cape Cod Bay, where fishing is [...]
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March 15, 2008
Book Review by Carolyn Beanblossom A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The author of “The Kite Runner” has again taken us to Afghanistan, this time to the plight of women before and after the Taliban. I had a difficult time reading this fascinating book. Not only the violence to women, but the complete disregard [...]
