The world of children’s literature lost two well-loved children’s authors last week: Donald J. Sobol and Else Holmelund Minarik. Which of us did not read at least one “Encyclopedia Brown” mystery as a child? For many of us, it was our first introduction to the mystery genre. The series debuted… Read more »
Book Description: For star-crossed lovers Nimira and Erris, there can be no happily ever after until Erris is freed from the clockwork form in which his soul is trapped. And so they go in search of the sorcerer Ordorio Valdana, hoping he will know how to grant Erris real life… Read more »
Banff National Park © K. Pekar, 2012 I’m just back from a fantastic three-week vacation with my family, two weeks of it spent in Banff and Jasper National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. Gorgeous mountains, beautiful streams and waterfalls, lovely walks and hikes, gondola and tram rides, whitewater rafting, and… Read more »
Category: Nonfiction Subject: Writing, creativity, and creative block How I got the book: Public library The Sound of Paper: Starting From Scratch is a series of related chapter or essays on creativity and creative blocks. Author Julia Cameron (The Artist’s Way) begins each essay (or chapter) by musing on some… Read more »
Category: Family movie (historical; fantasy) Movie source: Netflix We recently watched From Time to Time, a 2009 British television movie based on L. M. Boston’s The Treasure of Green Knowe. My daughter and I love the Green Knowe series, and we tend to become a bit irked whenever a movie… Read more »
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Series: Bridgertons #4 Genres: Historical Romance Also by this author: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy, Because of Miss Bridgerton I’ve recently finished rereading Romancing Mister Bridgerton, a delightful, laugh-out-loud confection of a novel. It’s the fourth in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, and my… Read more »
Born on July 2, 1919, Jean Craighead George grew up in a family of naturalists, so it was only natural (if you’ll pardon the pun) that animals are a major focus of her writing. She worked as a reporter 1940s and as a writer and editor at Reader’s Digest, but… Read more »
