My rating: 3 of 5 stars to I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan, a fiction novel with some elements of fantasy buried about. Sometimes I don’t know how books fall into my lap, sometimes I do. With this one, it flew in the wind, also known as a former book club, andContinue Reading
Mentor: an experienced and trusted adviser, to advise or train someone A few interesting thoughts occurred to me as I sat to draft today’s 365 Daily Challenge. One, I awoke thinking about something entirely different from the daily characteristic. Two, how many traits are there to describe oneself without being redundant,Continue Reading
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun My rating: 4 of 5 stars Background The summer after I graduated from college, I started missing regular reading… during school, I had less personal choice and recreational reads, as all the college textbooks and novels were the priority. IContinue Reading
Now that I’ve been blogging for about 9 months, I’ve realized it’s time to get creative. Although content and graphics are important, so is reader feedback. I stumbled upon the free tools WordPress offers to help readers provide feedback to bloggers on how they’re doing. And they are very simpleContinue Reading
All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars The “Kay Scarpetta” mystery series by Patricia Cornwell was one of the first adult mystery book series I began reading. I also started these very young, around 13 or 14, which may not be the best thing forContinue Reading
Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll and adapted by Jane Carruth My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lewis Carroll‘s Alice in Wonderland is one we are all familiar with at some point in our lives. Many of us have read an abridged version, heard the basics of the tale from friendsContinue Reading
Beowulf by Unknown My rating: 4 of 5 stars Beowulf is thought to have been written around the year 1000 AD, give or take a century. And the author is the extremely famous, very popular and world renowned writer… Unknown. Got you there, didn’t I? LOL Probably not… if you’reContinue Reading
A to Z Favorites: A list of 26 things that I adore, one for each letter, a challenge posed to any readers who would like to participate Yes, you are correct — this is not exactly a characteristic; however, in my defense, for the last 5 Sundays, I’ve provided anContinue Reading
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you’ve read my reviews before, you know I love mystery fiction, and in particular, the classics. Agatha Christie died in 1976, and I was born the following year. Two things come to mind… (1) It’sContinue Reading
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe My rating: 4 of 5 stars First… you must read the introductory stanza from Edgar Allan Poe‘s famous poem, The Raven. And then I’ll provide a short review: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint andContinue Reading