Hannah Gray is now an old woman, reliving the summer when she was seventeen and in love. She’s revisiting her grandparents’ house on the coast of Maine and re-reading her journal from that summer. She was fighting with her stepmother, her father was back home in Boston, and the house they had rented was haunted […]
Rahima lives in a family of girls. Her father was a fighter for the local war lord in their Afghan village and he’s now addicted to opium. With custom demanding that the girls never leave the house without a male family member to escort them, they’re struggling. When Rahima’s aunt comes to visit, bearing stories […]
Welcome to my weekly update for May 5, 2014. It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Over the past *ahem* three weeks (hanging my head in shame), I’ve posted […]
Percy Jackson finds himself entering a camp of Roman demigods near San Francisco with only the vaguest memory of who he is. The Romans accept him and he finds himself on a quest with Hazel and Frank, a couple of other demigods. They must make their way to Alaska, “The Land Beyond the Gods,” defeat […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Review: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb–4 Stars Movie Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier–4 Stars Winner of Sweet Nothings by Janis […]
So, since I pretty much slammed Noah last week, I thought I’d tell you about a movie I did like. We went out to see Captain America: The Winter Soldier on Saturday and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have fairly solid geek cred, but that’s based mostly on my love of fantasy novels and the occasional […]
Malala Yousafzai was only fifteen when she was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban for speaking out for education for everyone around the world, but especially for girls, and especially in Muslim countries. She miraculously survived and now has an even larger audience for her message. I think I’d heard a […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Giveaway: Sweet Nothings by Janis Thomas. Enter by midnight Monday night! Posted: The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin, read by Mark Bramhall–3 Stars Movie Review: Noah–2 Stars Review: Sovereign by C. J. Sansom–3 Stars Winner of my giveaway of my ARC of The […]
Matthew Shardlake has been summoned by Archbishop Cranmer to assist with some law work as King Henry makes a royal progress through the rebellious north. He must also try to keep a prisoner alive for later questioning. But conspiracies still abound in the area and Shardlake’s life is endangered when he stumbles onto something. Reading […]
Saturday was rainy here so my husband and I headed out to the movies. Our decision-making process while choosing the film was, “Which one will be better on the big screen and which one will be fine on the tv?” Noah won and The Grand Budapest Hotel got saved on the Netflix queue. Noah lost […]
Talmadge is in town selling the fruit from his orchard one day when he notices two girls watching him. They’re very young and very pregnant. He dozes off for a few minutes and wakes as the girls run away with some fruit they’ve stolen. He decides not to chase them because they look hungry. A […]