Carousel Books – Part I
In my reading life, there is a selection of choice books that I refer to as my carousel reads. These are books that I read time and again, with the common thread among them being the wisdom,...
View ArticlePerception Versus Reality: a review of The Unfortunates by Sophie McManus
Perception versus reality – how often are the two completely unrelated? Throughout the years, numerous authors, philosophers, poets, and others have attempted to explore this question. Mr. Henry...
View ArticleThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“Once, in my father’s bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images, the echo of...
View ArticleStressed? Anxious? A Little Blue? Go Forth and Forest Bathe…
“When was the last time you strolled in a forest or walked through woodland so beautiful it made you stop and marvel? When did you last notice the spring buds unfurling or look closely at the frost...
View Article“We didn’t know it then, but our fairy tale was about to begin.”
“In those first few weeks, I had no idea that our story would be one so full of love. When I adopted Juniper, I thought she needed me, but every time I see her snaggletoothed smile, I realize I need...
View ArticleRevisiting a Childhood Disappointment – The Little Prince by Antoine de...
When I was a child, I recall stories and anecdotes, related to me by adults, of the power and wonder of the children’s book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Subsequently, the...
View ArticleDining with the Famous and Infamous by Fiona Ross
Recently and quite by chance, I came across mention of a book entitled Dining with the Famous and Infamous published in 2016 and authored by Fiona Ross. Now, whenever the opportunity arises to mix...
View Article“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!”
When I first read a review of Fresh Water For Flowers, I found myself drawn to the protagonist, a woman named Violette Toussaint who tends to a cemetery in modern-day France. Despite the setting (or...
View ArticleThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
In 1935, the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt founded an important federal program intended to provide employment opportunities to the throngs of workers left unemployed as a...
View ArticleThe Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
Recently, a friend placed before me a request: please read The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates. You see, she herself had read this novel and was interested in discussing it with someone, a situation...
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