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Publisher and Publication Date: Washington Square Press. August 8, 2017. Genre: Historical Fiction. Holocaust. World War II. Source: Self-purchase. Rating: Recommend. Very good.

Publisher and Publication Date: Crossway. 2016. Genre: Christian nonfiction. Compassion. Healing. Pages: 176. Source: Self-purchase. Rating: Recommend. Excellent. Audience: This book is for Christians who want to minister to those in crisis.

Publisher and Publication Date: InterVarsity Press. May 1, 2016. Genre: Christian nonfiction. Memoir. Pages: 192. Source: Self-purchase. Rating: Excellent. For more information at the publisher: Still Life. Amazon Author Info: From IVP Gillian Marchenko is an author, speaker, wife, mother of four daughters and advocate for individuals with special needs. Her memoir, Sun Shine Down, […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. January 15, 2019. Genre: Nonfiction. Silence and solitude-understanding them. Pages: 320. Source: Library. Audience: Readers who want to understand how silence has been used in society. For example, punishment through the prison system. Rating: Good.

Publisher and Publication Date: Ecco. 2016. Paperback edition. Genre: Greek mythology. Pages: 608.Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers who love the classics. Readers of Greek mythology. Rating: Excellent.

“And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,And as silently steal away.” “The Day Is Done.” Stanza 11. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. Published by Little, Brown and Company. Page 522.

Publisher and Publication Date: Touchstone. September 4, 2018. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 544. Source: I received a complimentary advanced reader paperback copy from Touchstone, but was not required to leave a positive review. Rating: Recommend. Good. Audience: Historical fiction readers. Readers who love Scottish history. Readers who love medieval history.

Publisher and Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing. December 10, 2019. Genre: Nonfiction. Companion of the Masterpiece PBS adaption, Sanditon. History of the Regency period. Jane Austen. Pages: 320. Source: I received a complimentary hardcover copy from the publisher, but was not required to write a favorable review. Audience: Readers interested in the Regency period. Rating: […]

“I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.” Frankenstein, 1818. Chapter 5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [1797-1851]. Quote from Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett. Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1955. Page 487.

Who would have thought a month ago that we would be facing so much fear and uncertainty? There are so many unknowns, so many questions, and if we have them, we know our kids have them too. And they are going to be asking a lot of them in the coming weeks, including questions about […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books. 2004.Genre: Nonfiction. Essays.Pages: 304.Format: Paperback.Source: Self-purchase.Audience: Readers with an interest in Tolkien’s writings. Rating: Very good. Link for the book @ Amazon Link for the book @ Barnes and Noble Today, March 25, 2021 is Tolkien Reading Day. You can read more information about this splendid reading day […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux. March 13, 2018. Genre: Nonfiction. World War II. Holocaust. Young adult. Pages: 272. Source: I received a complimentary copy, but was not required to leave a positive review. Rating: Excellent. Audience: For adult and young adult readers who read Holocaust survivor stories. Landing page for the tour at […]

“The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow, and the men who lend.” Charles Lamb [1775-1834] Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett. Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1955. Page 429.

Publisher and Publication Date: Baker Books. September 4, 2018. Genre: Nonfiction. Pages: 160. Source: I received a complimentary copy from Baker books, but was not required to leave a positive review. Rating: Recommend. Very Good. Audience: People who love to read.