I attempted this challenge several years ago and almost made the goal of reading 50 books in 5 years. Life happened. I’m starting again. The Classics Club began in 2012. The club’s emphasis is to encourage people to read the classics. If you are interested, this is the link for more information about the club: […]

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 […]

“I remember, I rememberThe house where I was born, The little window where the sunCame peeping in at morn;He never came a wink too soonNor brought too long a day.” “I Remember, I Remember.” Stanza 1. [1827]Thomas Hood [1798-1845] Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett. Little, Brown and Company 1955. Page 487. Photo by Unsplash.

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: Boukman Press. May 9, 2020. Genre: Poetry. Pages: 106.Source: I had originally received a complimentary pdf. I could not view the book, so I bought my own copy at Amazon. My review is of a self-purchased eBook Kindle copy. This review is my own opinion. I was not required to write […]

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: 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: 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.

I attempted this challenge several years ago and almost made the goal of reading 50 books in 5 years. Life happened. I’m starting again. The Classics Club began in 2012. The club’s emphasis is to encourage people to read the classics. If you are interested, this is the link for more information about the club: […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Boukman Press. May 9, 2020. Genre: Poetry. Pages: 106.Source: I had originally received a complimentary pdf. I could not view the book, so I bought my own copy at Amazon. My review is of a self-purchased eBook Kindle copy. This review is my own opinion. I was not required to write […]

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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Square Fish. March 7, 2017.Genre: Nonfiction. Biography. Memoir. Pages: 352.Format: Paperback.Source: Self-purchase.Audience: Young adult nonfiction. Rating: Excellent! Link @ Amazon. Link @Audible. Link @ Barnes and Noble. There are several YouTube videos with Michael or his daughter Debbie who are co-authors of the book. These are two I’ve […]

“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.