“We look before and after,And pine for what is not;Our sincerest laughterWith some pain is fraught;Our sweetest songs are those that tellof saddest thought.” Stanza 18. “To A Skylark” [1821]Percy Bysshe Shelley [1792-1822] Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett. Little, Brown and Company. 1955. Page 467. Photo from Unsplash.

It is Saturday afternoon in my little area of the world. The temperature is 88. Clear sky, bright, and sunny. No rain over the past several days. My husband is working. With the exception of a visit with my son Paul and his family who came over in the late morning for a brief visit. […]

It is Saturday afternoon in my little area of the world. The temperature is 88. Clear sky, bright, and sunny. No rain over the past several days. My husband is working. With the exception of a visit with my son Paul and his family who came over in the late morning for a brief visit. […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2009. First published 1976. Genre: Letters. Format: Kindle e-book. Pages: 113.Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Tolkien readers. Readers of Christmas stories. Rating: Excellent.

It is Saturday afternoon in my little area of the world. The temperature is 88. Clear sky, bright, and sunny. No rain over the past several days. My husband is working. With the exception of a visit with my son Paul and his family who came over in the late morning for a brief visit. […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Kindle edition. Pottermore Publishing. 2015. First published in 1997 by Bloomsbury. Genre: Fiction. Fantasy. Pages: 322. Source: Library copy. Audience: Readers of the Harry Potter stories. Readers who love fantasy fiction. Rating: Excellent. Link at Amazon Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is Book #1 in the series. The other books […]

“The human heart has hidden treasures,In secret kept, in silence sealed;-The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,Whose charms were broken if revealed.” Charlotte Bronte, 1816-1855.“Evening Solace.” 1846. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1955.

Publisher and Publication Date: Crossway. 2019. Genre: Christian nonfiction. Suffering. Lament. Pages: 224. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Christian readers who are going through suffering. Rating: Excellent.

January 2020 marks my thirteenth year in blogging and writing book reviews. I spent over ten years at Blogger. I moved over to WordPress two and a half years ago. For those of you who are new to my blog, my posts are sporadic. Many of my blogging friends post everyday or a few times […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Interstice Press. December 20, 2019. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 294.Source: I received a complimentary Apple eBook copy from the publisher, I was not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of women and literature, historical fiction, and espionage/spy stories. Rating: Very good. Book One: Promise Season Book Two: Promise Thief […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Troubador/Matador. February 16, 2018. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 434. Source: Complimentary paperback copy from Anna Belfrage. I was not required to leave a positive review. Rating: Excellent. About The Author: Anna was raised abroad, on a pungent mix of Latin American culture, English history and Swedish traditions. As a result she’s […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Interstice Press. December 20, 2019. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 294.Source: I received a complimentary Apple eBook copy from the publisher, I was not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of women and literature, historical fiction, and espionage/spy stories. Rating: Very good. Book One: Promise Season Book Two: Promise Thief […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Harper Perennial Modern Classic. First published in 1943. My paperback copy-2005. Genre: Classic literature. Coming of age story. Comfort read. Women and literature. Pages: 493. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of classic literature. Rating: Excellent. Amazon link Have you read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? I’ve read it 3 or 4 times. […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2009. First published 1976. Genre: Letters. Format: Kindle e-book. Pages: 113.Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Tolkien readers. Readers of Christmas stories. Rating: Excellent. Link @ Amazon Additional links: Tolkien Estate-the official website Britannica Summary: Letters From Father Christmas is a series of letters written and illustrated by Tolkien to his […]