Have you ever found yourself between a rock and a hard place - forced to make a Scylla & Charybdis decision? Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. I must confess - I am a HUGE fan of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of... Continue Reading →
To be fair, I've read this book many times over but was compelled to write a review after finding my daughter sobbing on the couch with the book in her hands. As with almost all of my previous book reviews - I write this one because it was a book one of my children was... Continue Reading →
Sheesh! I started this book the way I start many during the school year - because one of my kids is reading it and needs help. I have to be honest with you... I have studiously avoided reading this book for the past 20 some odd years. This was the book the teacher I was... Continue Reading →
Back In The Day When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s (Shhh! Don't tell!), no one paid attention to concussions the way we do now. Today, after two school concussions, the students in our district can no longer play sports. Then, doctors used to advise a parent to wake the child up... Continue Reading →
It's hard to find words to describe this piece. I am honored, blessed, and humbled to have read it. By the end of the book I wonder why and how on earth Kossula is still standing, and then I realize it is because he was waiting to tell his story. We will forever be indebted... Continue Reading →
Some books make you cry; others make you angry. This book does both. My teenage daughter had been asking me to read this for some time now, and I’m glad I finally did. If you are looking for a real page-turner, this is it. There is something for the young adult reader and the more... Continue Reading →
As some of you may know, I like to read the books my children have been assigned to read at school so we can talk about them. This weekend my 7th grader brought home, The Wave by Todd Strasser. The book is based on a history teacher’s class experiment in 1969. Originally published in 1981,... Continue Reading →
My summer reading series continues with this must-read book! The autobiographical novel, Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl, chronicles the first 27 years of Linda Brent's life at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Her up close and personal look at the lives of female slaves in both the south and the northern "free" states, is... Continue Reading →
Ahhhhhhh... Summertime. Summertime is synonymous with reading time in my house. Every year the kids get sent home with a list, or more recently an email that tells us to check an online listing for their summer reading books for the coming year. Fortunately, they usually have some choice in the matter. It has been... Continue Reading →
