by Christa | Dec 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am reading the Little House on the Prairie series again. Wilder has a gift for simple and poignant writing that grasps the heart of today’s woman while focusing on the historical richness of her past. I love hearing her mother and father’s pioneering...
by Christa | Oct 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve been looking for a good book lately, and despite the recommendation for this book by a wonderful friend, I’m still looking. The classic “Cranbrook”, a 19th century British novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, can be used to broaden the...
by Christa | Sep 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
I totally thought this book would be lame, especially since the teacher in “A Christmas Story” the movie, tells the class all about him and they give the most annoyed sighs ever. Glad I chanced it. I am enjoying the language, of course, from the...
by Christa | Sep 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s a marvel to me that people are the same, no matter the time or place; they have choices and make decisions that change the course of their lives from one moment to the next. The main character in the above book, a rich man with a lot to lea, is struggling...
by Christa | Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve always been drawn to African American lit, I am not even sure why, but I was totally drawn in to this book I read for my book club earlier this week. It is an easy read in the sense that Douglass is a very fluid, matter of fact and yet somehow poetic...
by Christa | Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
The layers that are found in “Charlotte’s Web” never cease to amaze me. I read this book annually, or so it seems, because it draws me to a craftmanship unparelleled in most modern reads. Maybe this is in part because today books are published at an...
