When I was a college student way back in the 1980’s, I had a recurring and amazing summer seasonal job on a survey crew working for the USDA Forest Service. Once I graduated, my new husband and I stayed and worked the full seasonal appointment of 180 days, starting sometime in the spring and ending …
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“Death in the Clouds” ©1935 by Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot is aboard an airplane traveling from France to England. While he is sleeping during the flight, someone is murdered. Even though nobody witnessed anything unusual, there are only a few possibilities as to who could be the murderer. It takes the “little grey cells” and …
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“I am the Messenger” ©2002 by Markus Zusak Ed, at 19, is at a stale point in his life and really has no ambitions. After a seemingly accidental event, his life takes an unexpected turn. He is requested, by means of playing cards with addresses on them, to help random people. He does and as …
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“The Wizard Hunters” ©2003 by Martha Wells This is a fantasy novel and the first book in “The fall of Ile-Rien” series. I enjoyed the world-building and the characters. Three separate races are introduced here from three separate worlds. One world where magic is revered and studied, one world where magic is feared and the …
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While I was looking back at my 2021 book journal a few things stood out to me. First, I’d like to acknowledge that while I have kept a yearly list of all the books I have read since the 6th grade, 2021 was the first year that I wrote in a book journal for every …
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place – The Unseen Guest ©2012 by Maryrose Wood, Illustrator: Jon Klassen The Island of Lost Maps ©2000 by Miles Harvey A Murder is Announced ©1950 by Agatha Christie Martin Luther’s Christmas Book ©1948 edited by Roland H. Bainton The Poisonwood Bible ©1998 by Barbara Kingsolver The Consequences of Fear …
It is once again the season of great joy when we celebrate the coming of Christ. We also get to enjoy all the pretty lights, inspiring music, fun movies, wonderful family, dear friends and of course gift giving and receiving. I’m not sure which I enjoy more; giving someone the perfect gift, be it big …
The Alchemist ©1988 by Paulo Coelho The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place – The Hidden Gallery ©2011 by Maryrose Wood, Illustrator: Jon Klassen The Book of the Dun Cow ©1978 by Walter Wangerin, Jr. A Confederacy of Dunces ©1980 by John Kennedy Toole The American Agent ©2019 by Jacqueline Winspear
I wanted to write a bit about bookshelves. Bookshelves are basic furniture and mostly not very remarkable. They come in many varieties from board and cinder block, to built-in. Some are floor to ceiling; some are short and squat. Some beautifully crafted, and some come in a flat box to put together. My first memory …
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In This Grave Hour ©2017 by Jacqueline Winspear The Big Goose and the Little White Duck ©1938 by Meindert DeJong The Year of Magical Thinking ©2005 by Joan Didion Bed-Knob and Broomstick ©1943, 1957 by Mary Norton Towards Zero ©1944 by Agatha Christie The Road ©2006 by Cormic McCarthy To Die But Once ©2018 by …
