“It’s possible that all labels are curses. Unless they are on cleaning products.”― Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s This is a powerful novel by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Willow Chance is a twelve year old genius obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions. She has a difficult time connecting with people other than her family and she […]
Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction? While I truly enjoy a good nonfiction book, I adore novels. The first novel I remember reading is The Grist Mill Secret which I checked out from the bookmobile when I was in first or second grade. Set in pre-revolutionary Massachusetts, it had suspense, intrigue, and spies. I was hooked. Since
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“I thought what I craved was approval and praise, but it’s simpler than that. I craved acceptance. For all the different versions of me I have been, and all the many lives I have lived.”–Lara Love Hardin Lara Love Hardin seemed to have everything together. Soccer mom, mother of four boys, wife, and business owner
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“The Mongols did not find honor in fighting; they found honor in winning.”–Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World How much do you know about Genghis Khan? I’ll admit I didn’t know much other than that he was a fierce warrior and leader whose army was extremely successful at conquering and
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“People will always distrust what they don’t understand. And what they distrust, they cannot love.”–Susan Meissner, Only the Beautiful In 1938 California, sixteen year old Roseanne Morris loses her parents and younger brother in a tragic car accident.. Orphaned with no extended family to take her in, she becomes the ward of Celine and Truman
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“I could not endure a man who would let himself be ruled by me, and I would not endure a man who tried to rule me.”–Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank This is a fun book and it is the first in the Amelia Peabody mystery series. Set in the 1880s, Amelia Peabody is a
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“Everyone is taking the best shot they’ve got, and some shots are just luckier than yours. Anytime you feel your unhappiness turning into bitterness, you have to check yourself. You can live with unhappiness, but bitterness will kill”― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders Richard Osman has channeled his winning formula for A Thursday Murder Club Mystery series
I grew up in a large family in a small, rural town. Money was tight for our family of nine and my older siblings all had jobs, especially during the summer. My brothers worked on neighboring farms during the day and at night, they caught night crawlers (worms) by the hundreds. We lived near a
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