. Title: The Shack . Author: William P. Young . Copyright Date: paperback, July 1st, 2007; 256 pages . Publisher: Windblown Media . ISBN: 0964729237 . Brief Character List: Mackenzie Philips, Nan his wife, Missy the child who is murdered, the holy trinity as played by: Papa, Jesus, and Sarayu . Enotes Synopsis: . The […]
. Title: Bel Canto . Author: Ann Patchett . Copyright Date: 2002 – Paperback, 336 pages . Publisher: Harper Perennial . ISBN: 978-0060934415 . Brief Character List: Mr. Hosokowa a Japanese Businessman, Roxanne Coss an American soprano opera singer, Reuben Iglesias the vice – president, Gen Wantanabe – Hosokowa’s interpreter, Carmen – a young terrorist, […]
It has been since January that I have done one of these posts. My reading time has been spent consuming Gone with the Wind and I did a series of posts about that book, separate from my standard “Book Review” post. After finishing Gone with the Wind I needed to go a little lightweight in […]
I finished the book and I am outraged! Tired, exhausted in fact, from this 1000 plus page emotional journey that ended so badly! I wished I had stopped reading when Scarlett was running home, overjoyed with her new realization that it had been Rhett all along! No amount of words could express my sad feeling […]
I sat up until after 2am this morning reading. For the first time in the book I felt emotionally connected and moved. Before I started last night I had about 130 pages left to read, I now have about 30. I cried through a good chunk of what I read last night. Scarlett and Rhett’s […]
It has been awhile (I think 2 weeks) since I have posted any thoughts about Gone with the Wind. My thoughts throughout the first 2/3 of the book were running to Scarlett and her delusions about Ashley. I find myself wondering, is she just naive, has he mislead her, is there something we are missing? […]
. What do we think about the relationship between Rhett and Scarlett? They get off to a pretty rocky start with him secretly witnessing her little plight to get Ashley to say he loves her, and not Melanie. Rhett sticks it to her about how she is NOT a lady, although he likes that about […]
I am starting this update out with a question for those of you that watched the movie before reading the book. Do you think you would have seen the whole Scarlett marries Ashley thing coming? I for one, did NOT see that coming. I also thought it was a strange contrast to what I have […]
Many of you have been wondering and asking about my goal of reading Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. I appreciate all the encouragement and support from all of you. Until this week I had not made very much progress. The copy I took out of the library was the Avon copy. The print […]
My Many Colored Days is one of my favorite children’s read alouds. It’s a wonderful way to talk with children about their feelings. And practice colors too! This is a collection of resources to help you share and enjoy My Many Colored Days with your children, while learning along the way!
I enjoy reading in my spare time….not that I have much spare time! I often find myself forgetting the books I have read, or knowing that I read it but don’t really remember what it was about. Since I have this lovely blog, I deicded that I could use this as a forum to keep […]
I have recently been catching up on my blog post reading, and came across multiple writings on resolutions for the New Year. Resolutions are not really my thing as I always have this image of dusty treadmills and weight benches used as clothing hangers! Anyone who knows me realizes I could stand to loose about […]