Book Review: The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards Genre: Contemporary, Historical Fiction This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to... Continue Reading →
Discover the Tiny Ghost Town of Mogollon in Calamity Canyon
Book Review: Calamity Canyon Calamity Canyon by Bo Mandoe Genres: Historical Fiction, Contemporary This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: When Fred Fredericksen first visited the ghost town of Mogollon New Mexico he had no idea it would be... Continue Reading →
Codependency and Family Secrets in Drowning Ruth
Book Review: Drowning Ruth Drowning Ruthby Christina Schwarz2000.Genre: Contemporary, Historical FictionThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: In the winter of 1919, a young mother named Mathilda Neumann drowns beneath the ice of a rural Wisconsin lake. The shock... Continue Reading →
Empathy and Courage in Stone Fox
Book Review: Stone Fox Stone Foxby James Reynolds GardinerIllustrated by Greg Hargreaves1980.Genre: Childrens, Historical FictionAge Range: 7 -11 yearsThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary Based on a Rocky Mountain legend, Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy,... Continue Reading →
Green Mansions: Forbidden Love and Tragic End in the Venezuelan Jungle
Book Review: Green Mansions Green Mansionsby W.H.Hudson1904.Genre: Childrens, Historical FictionThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: The curious call of an unseen bird lures a young European explorer deeper and deeper into the jungle, where he encounters the source... Continue Reading →
Mastering Loneliness and Love in Kokoro: Natsume Soseki’s Classic
Book Review: Kokoro Kokoroby Natsume Soseki Edwin McClellan (Translator).1904.Genre: Classic, Japanese LiteratureKlorrie Cup Award Winner, #0009This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: Kokoro, meaning ‘heart’, is a tantalizing novel about the friendship between a young man and an enigmatic... Continue Reading →
The Spanish Influenza Treats Everybody Differently, as Does Love.
Book Review: Its Name Was Enza Its Name Was Enzaby Robert Hinson2001.Genre: Historical FictionThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! First Sentence: Young Sallee opened the lid of her Grandmother Sug's personal keepsake box as she helped her mother clean... Continue Reading →

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