Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins is A Must Read.
Just a note: If you plan on reading The Hunger Games skip this review for now.
As the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy begins, Katniss Everdeen has settled into the victory village, now neighbors to the still perpetually drunken Haymitch and Hunger Games partner Peet Mellark. [...]
Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins is published by Scholastic Press and is A Must Read.
Bad things have happened in the North America and the only thing left is the nation of Panem, the Capitol of 12 districts which they have subdued and now rule with an iron fist. Hunger and starvation are rampant and [...]
Midwife, by Jennifer Worth
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times, By Jennifer Worth
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Publication Date: April 7, 2009
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
My Brief Synopsis
Jennifer Worth leaves her home and comfortable middle class existence at the tender age of eighteen to become a nurse and midwife. Part of her training is at Nonnatus House, a [...]
Wednesday Witch, by Ruth Chew
The Wednesday Witch, by Ruth Chew
Publisher: Holiday House
Publication Date: September 1972
Format: Paperback, 128 pages
I have to say that I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this book as a kid, and I still do. I can’t even understand why this book isn’t still in print. That is just SCANDALOUS! Ask me how I really feel. SCANDALOUS!
I don’t know [...]
The Book of Night Women, by Marlon James
The Book of Night Women, by Marlon James
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Publication Date: February 19, 2009
Format: ARC, 432 pages
I didn’t mean to start reading this book when I first picked it up. I was intending to flip through it, read a page or two as a preview and then move on to the rest of books that [...]
Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent
The Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date: September 3, 2008
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Nine-year-old Sarah Carrier has moved with her family from Billerica to Andover, Massachusetts. She travels with her parents, three older brothers and baby sister bringing smallpox to the small and devout town where her mother and aunt were raised [...]
My Lady Of Cleves, by Margaret Campbell Barnes
My Lady of Cleves, by Margaret Campbell Barnes
Publisher: Sourcebook Landmarks
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
Format: Trade: Paperback, 352 pages
“In order to take her mind off Henry’s coming and the approaching hour she went on trying to fix each day’s incidents chronologically in her mind as she had not been able to during the emotional whirl of [...]
The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner Chandler
The Boxcar Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.
Publication Date: 1942
Format: Hardcover, 154 pages
Earlier this year I made a list of things that I want to do and one of those things is having a sleepover with my 8-year-old cousin once a month. I am making it a point to read with her [...]
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