Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon is approaching! April 21st will be filled with non-stop (hopefully) reading. Even though I’m not “hard core” I look forward to this each year and feels like a motivational plan to get my reading into order. Then on Monday, April 23rd Michelle at Castle Macabre is hosting the Spring Into Horror […]
Even in Jane Austen’s time there were book reviews. Here are a few thoughts her peers had on her works. Sense and Sensibility Published: 1811 Sense and Sensibility was criticized the status of women down to the price of tea. In the end people were torn down the middle either by her portrayal of realism […]
While searching on the internet to learn more on Jane Austen I found a grouping of letters written to her sister Cassandra. I thought this would be an interesting way to get a closer look into her everyday life. Steventon: Saturday (January 9, 1796). In the first place I hope you will live twenty-three years […]
My introduction to Jane Austen was through Pride and Prejudice (of course) via a friend’s recommendation. I was 14 at the time and in 8th grade. I am ashamed to admit that I didn’t get what all the fuss was about. The language was a bit above my head at the time and it was […]
As a classic blog I would be remiss not to wish Mr. Dickens birthday. He would have been 200 years old today (putting aside the fact that he died in 1870) Sadly, and I’m embarrassed to say, I have only read A Christmas Carol, the first time I read A Christmas Carol was in 7th […]
Spread Love Not Hate hosted by K.C. Neal Bullying is an issue that is close to my heart as I was bullied in elementary school because I am disabled. Although I now realized it was also due to jealousy, my peers were financially not as fortunate as I, not only did I always have the […]
When I was 15 my family was driving back from a vacation in the Ozarks and passed through Mansfield Missouri, the town of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s home. As stated in other posts, I was a huge Little House fan and with a little convincing got my dad to stop. It was wonderful, and for a […]
I need to get my mojo back! I’ve been in a reading slump for a little over two months. Right now, I am reading Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff which is reading a bit like a text book, putting me to sleep after two pages. I normally would have given up by now but its for […]
Well that’s all folks! My library officially closed today, only to be reopened on October 26 at their new “unwalkable” location. Until this moment I thought there might have been a chance that they would change their mind, but that was only wishful thinking. The old library building is sold and will be used for […]
My library supports Overdrive allowing ereaders to checkout books and this week they just added Kindle! I was super excited to hear this as I have mention my library is moving and this option will help fill the void. The site actually reminds me a lot of Netflix as you can hold/save/checkout “books”. What’s the […]