Book #11 (February) – Like Water for Chocolate
This month’s book is: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Summary (from GoodReads): A sumptuous feast of a novel, it relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La […]
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Book #10 (January) – The Elegance of the Hedgehog
This month’s book is: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery Summary (by BN.com): Renée Michel is the 54-year-old concierge of a luxury Paris apartment building. Her exterior (“short, […]
Book Review #17 – As I Lay Dying
Book Review #17 – As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Book Review #16 – Howl’s Moving Castle
Book Review #16 – Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones
iHeart Fiction (#6) – Colored Jars
Welcome to post #6 of iHeart Fiction! Today’s short story is: Colored Jars Everyone collects something. For Jenna Quinn it was colored jars. The idea had come to her during […]
iHeart Fiction (#5) – The Soldier
Welcome to post #5 of iHeart Fiction! Today’s short story is: The Soldier He stood there somberly in the field, his suit new and crisp, the outline of his thick […]
Book #9 (November) – Howl’s Moving Castle
This month’s book is: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Summary (from BN.com): Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably […]
iHeart Fiction (#4): Bigger Fish
Welcome to post #4 of iHeart Fiction! Today’s short story is: Bigger Fish John Sterling loved to fish. He loved it more than morning coffee, more than […]
iHeart Fiction (#1): The Front Porch
The Front Porch
Book Review #15 – The Secret Life of Bees
Book Review #15 – The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Book #7 (August/Sept.) – Hannah’s Dream
This month’s book is: Hannah’s Dream by Diane Hammond Summary (from BN.com): For forty-one years, Samson Brown has been caring for Hannah, the lone elephant at the down-at-the-heels Max […]
The Power of a Book Poem
I wrote this poem for my high school Creative Writing class about 2 years back. Just discovered it again and wanted to share with fellow book lovers. Reading the title and […]
Book #6 (July) – The Secret Life of Bees
This month’s book is: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Summary (by BN.com): Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh, unyielding father, Lily […]
Book Review #14 – The Night Circus
Book Review #14 – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Book #5 (June) – The Night Circus
This month’s book is: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern! Summary (by BN.com): The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was […]
Book #4 (April/May) – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
This month’s book is: Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol. Summary (from BN.com): When Alice tumbles down, down, down a rabbit-hole one hot summer’s afternoon in pursuit of a White […]
Book #3 (March) – The Nanny Diaries
This month’s book is: The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin Summary (from BN.com): Wanted: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless—bordering on […]
Book Review #12 – Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President JFK
Book Review #12 – Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President JFK by Mimi Alford
Book Review #11 – Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
Book Review #11 – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Book Review #10 – Eat, Pray, Love
Book Review #10 – Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
