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I am currently reading this. I came upon it by chance. I am deliberately slowing myself because while the writing is clear, the characters get themselves into sticky situations. The first scene is as funny as anything I read, but ultimately rather pathetic. The main character struggles with a bum...
I found a copy of this some time ago. Where? Who knows? Perhaps at a used book store (Yes, we still have those in New York City) or perhaps discarded. Wow, was I lucky. Jean, a former mercenary with a sword with a squared end, is summoned to the Tower of London to execute Ann Boleyn. He is shocked...
The last book of the series. The narrator finishes the story as his own story is drawing to an also fascinating close. Who is Derfel?
Cornwell is not the first author of the Arthur tale to take fault with the Christian religion. In many ways that is what Marion Zimmer Bradley's series is about. In this second book of the series we see Arthur having to be patient with critics in both the Christian and non-Christian camps. We also...
I've been a Bernard Cornwell fan since I accidentally ran into a snippet from a Sharpe movie on TV. I am also addicted to series of novels that tell a story serially. Perhaps I'll share some of those series with you another time. I read in his web site that his favorite series was the King Arthur...
This book was not on my list. And I've never read anything by Balzac. So why did I read it? Besides the fact that I'm easily distracted I had heard that it mentions Madame Bovary in the end and it's a very short book. First off, the title is awful. It makes sense in the end, but still, it just...
Gene Wilder's short novel (176 pages) The Woman Who Wouldn't is an amusing and tender tale about a musician who has a break down during a concert and subsequently goes to a sanatorium in Badenweiler, Germany. The story takes place in 1903, includes visits with Anton Chekhov who is there dying of...
When I went to Hawaii last September to be in Steph's wedding, another of the bridesmaids had just finished this book, and offered it up to whoever wanted to borrow it. I wanted to borrow it very badly, but knew I wouldn't be able to finish it in the week I was out there. We were so busy all the...
This story is narrated by Death. Set in Germany during World War II, Liesel Meminger is taken to a foster family where where she endures the horror of the times. Through it all, she learns to read, to love books, words and life. This is an amazing book about the human spirit and the importance of...
Crooked River, by Shelley Pearsall. 2005. [http://www.amazon.com/Crooked-River-Shelley-Pearsall/dp/0440421012/] 249 pgs. Fiction: Historical, * * * 12/20/07 Audience: grades 4-8 Summary: When twelve-year old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio...
Thunder From the Sea, by Joan Hiatt Harlow. 2004. [http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Sea-Joan-Hiatt-Harlow/dp/0689864043/] 243 pgs. Fiction: Historical, * * 11/20/07 Audience: grades 3-6 Summary: Just when his dreams of being part of a family and having a dog seem to be coming true, Tom wonders if...
Another book on tape that I started for the drive back from my first trip to Orcas, continued listening to on the second trip to Orcas, and then finished up through assiduous commute listening. I had a tough time renewing the license for this book. I couldn't skip past the 18th hour on my MP3 player...
THE BEST: The Monsters of Templeton Willie Upton returns to her hometown of Templeton, NY in a state of upheaval and soon finds herself unexpectedly wrapped up in solving the mystery of her paternity and unearthing the long-buried secrets of several generations of her eccentric family. Clues are...
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