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In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is a single father raising his two children, Jem and Scout, in Maycomb County, Alabama under the watchful eyes of dear and eccentric neighbors. Atticus rules the roost with a seemingly lenient hands off approach (he has Calpurnia to more strongly keep the kids in [...]
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker Harvest Books – May 28, 2003 (Original Publication 1982) – Paperback – 290 pages Source: Personal Copy Celie writes letters to God, and her sister Nettie after circumstances separate them, leading to them experiencing vastly different lives. Celie suffers to find her place in a family and then a [...]
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 [...]
In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, bad things have happened in North America and the only thing left is the nation of Panem, made up of 12 districts which have been subdued by the The Capitol, and ruled with an iron fist. Hunger and starvation are rampant, and all the district’s children have to compete in what’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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