Egypt: Locus Focus

Locus Focus is hosted every Saturday at Shredded Cheddar.  Write a post about your favorite setting and go share your link! Can you imagine Peter Pan without Neverland? Lemuel Gulliver without Lilliput and Brobdingnag? The Pied Piper without Hamelin? A good setting is more than just a backdrop! Join us every Saturday as we write […]

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What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I missed posting last week, so I’m not sure where I left off. I think these are from the past week. Read: The Dark Divine by Bree Despain–Not my favorite. 3 Stars. Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran–Really good! 4 Stars The Vision […]

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Prince Edward Island: Locus Focus

I love L. M. Montgomery’s books. I think I’ve read all of her fiction, and she was pretty prolific. She lived on Prince Edward Island, Canada and set almost all of her fiction there. Needless to say, I’m dying to do a pilgrimage! Of course, at this time, most of the islanders were farmers or fishermen. I grew up in a rural area […]

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Wow, I just realized that I didn’t actually get any reviews posted last week! I did get some written and scheduled last night. Read, Need Reviewing: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón […]

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books. Read and Reviewed: Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell–Intriguing story, just not written in a style I liked. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick–Not for me. Night by Elie Wiesel–An important Holocaust memoir. […]

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books. Read and Reviewed: She-Rain by Michael Cogdill The Help by Kathryn Stockett Both of these were amazing! I highly recommend both! Currently Reading The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb It hasn’t really grabbed me yet, but weekends […]

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books. Finished and Reviewed: Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld Ash by Malinda Lo Currently Reading: She-Rain by Michael Cogdill Up Next: The Help by Kathryn Stockett! Finally! I requested this about two months […]

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