Publisher and Publication Date: Scribner. 2016. Genre: Nonfiction. History. War literature. Pages: 545.Format: Hardcover. Source: Public library. Audience: Readers of World War II, Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, and the war in the Pacific. Rating: Excellent. This is the first book in 2023 I’ve given 5 stars for excellent. Link for the book […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2021. Genre: Narrative nonfiction. Biography. Pages: 438. Format: Hardcover. Source: Library. Audience: Readers of biographies, especially those interested in classic Hollywood era. Rating: Very good. Link for the book @ Amazon. I discovered the photograph and bio on the Goodreads author page is incorrect. I am unable […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Oxford University Press. My edition is 2008. Originally published in 1859. Genre: Fiction. Classic British literature. Victorian. Pages: 592. Format: Paperback. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of classic literature. Readers of George Eliot stories. Readers of classic British literature. Rating: Excellent. #eliotreadalong Link for more information from Oxford University Press. This is […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Oxford University Press. My edition is 2008. Originally published in 1859. Genre: Fiction. Classic British literature. Victorian. Pages: 592. Format: Paperback. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of classic literature. Readers of George Eliot stories. Readers of classic British literature. Rating: Excellent. #eliotreadalong Link for more information from Oxford University Press. This is […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. 1982. Genre: Poetry. Pages: 1407. Format: Hardcover. Library binding. Source: Public library. Audience: Readers of poetry. Rating: Very good to excellent.

Publisher and Publication Date: Kregel. May 26, 2020. Genre: Christian historical fiction. Pages: 336.Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of the underground movement during World War II. Rating: Excellent. Amazon link In German: Weiße Rose. Christian fiction can be undeveloped in areas and this is a negative for some readers. This is the first thing I want […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Penguin Books. 1993. First published in 1937. Genre: Fiction. American literature. Classic literature. Pages: 112 printed pages. Format: Paperback. Source: Library. Audience: Readers of young adult through adult. Readers of American literature. Rating: Excellent. Link for the book @ Amazon. Further links on John Steinbeck. Summary: The time period is the […]

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. Amazon This book was recommended by, Crystal M. Sutherland, author of Journey to Heal. I recently took part and became certified as a […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Oxford University Press. My edition is 2008. Originally published in 1859. Genre: Fiction. Classic British literature. Victorian. Pages: 592. Format: Paperback. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of classic literature. Readers of George Eliot stories. Readers of classic British literature. Rating: Excellent. #eliotreadalong Link for more information from Oxford University Press. This is […]

I’m in the middle. My sister JoAnn is on the left of photograph. My sister Frances (blonde) is on the right of photograph. Photo taken in 1971. JoAnn was a newlywed. Frances was a freshman at Texas State University. Christmas 1974. I was 10. Me. Age 2. Christmas at aunt Dorothy’s home. 1966. Mother and […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Simon and Schuster. 2019. Genre: Narrative nonfiction. Biography. Pages: 400. Format: Hardcover. Source: Library. Audience: Readers of biographies, especially people who are well-known in Blues music, and the 1960s era. Rating: Excellent. Link for the book @ Amazon. Links for further reading about Janis Joplin. Summary: Janis Lyn Joplin was born […]

Publisher and Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers. 2006. Genre: Nonfiction. History. Pages: 320. Format: Hardcover. Source: Public library. Audience: Readers of the Holocaust. Rating: Good to very good.

Publisher and Publication Date: Vintage Books/Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. May 3, 2022. Genre: Historical Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Austenesque. Pages: 400. Format: eBook. Source: I received a complimentary eBook copy from Austenprose, NetGalley, and Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. I am not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of Austenesque. Rating: Excellent. Link @ Knopf […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Penguin Books. 1993. First published in 1937. Genre: Fiction. American literature. Classic literature. Pages: 112 printed pages. Format: Paperback. Source: Library. Audience: Readers of young adult through adult. Readers of American literature. Rating: Excellent. Link for the book @ Amazon. Further links on John Steinbeck. Summary: The time period is the […]