Hello! It’s time for Writer Wednesday, when I discuss another author and his or her book. Today, I’m discussing Tracy Chevalier’s, The Last Runaway. This is Ms. Chevalier’s first work set in the United States. Following the story of Honor Price, a Quaker, who journeys from England to Ohio, the American wilderness with all of…
Hello!It’s time for Writer Wednesday, when I discuss another author and his or her book. Today, we’re diving into archaeology and ancient history with Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile by Charles Bonnet. Pharaohs normally conjure images of Egypt and pyramids. In this book by the leading French archaeologist, Charles Bonnet, another version of pyramids…
Hello!It’s time for Writer Wednesday, when I discuss another author and his or her book. Today’s book is Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler. The roaring ’20s. Even that name itself blazes with intensity. One of the foremost power couples of that era were the Fitzgeralds- F. Scott and Zelda. Known…
Hello!It’s time for Writer Wednesday, when I discuss another author and his or her book. Today I’d like to talk about Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow. Legend. General. Politician. First President. Cherry Trees. Wooden Teeth. Martha. Crossing the Delaware. Mount Vernon. Slavery. Continental Congress. There are so many things that come to mind when…
Hello! It’s time for Writer Wednesday, when I discuss another author and his or her book. Today’s pick is Anne Fortier’s Juliet. Beautifully interwoven, like the Medieval tapestries that adorned the walls of the castles of Sienna, Fortier’s novel bursts with heart and beauty. Shakespeare’s tales are universal and enduring to readers of all nations…
Hello! It’s time for Writer Wednesday, when I discuss another author and his or her work. When I first saw Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan sitting on the shelf while in college, I was captivated. It was book love at first sight. In high school, I rode the bus…
Today’s Writer Wednesday is a brief poem, by Emily Dickinson, to perfectly capture a summer day. To see the Summer Sky by Emily Dickinson To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie — True Poems flee — What are your favorite summer poems? How does this capture the mood…
Hello! To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was an assigned book to read in high school. As much as I love books, some high school reading I didn’t like. To Kill a Mockingbird, though, is magical and it deserves to be on every reading list. Although technically true that this is a literary novel…