As I did last year, I thought I'd do a very subjective overview of things I posted about or should have posted about here. My favourite ( Read more... )

A book-related post!

It’s perhaps unfair to compare these two children’s books about two civil wars, but I read them quite close to each other, so the comparison came readily. Irene Hunt wrote ‘Across Five Aprils’ about the American civil war, as experienced by one Jethro Creighton, while Dorothea Moore (whom I've never posted about here before ( Read more... )

I've just finished reading this book, so this may not be that considered a review. I began it last night, stopped for a good night' sleep and completed it over breakfast.

Up a Road Slowly: Irene HuntI remember that I found out about this Newberry Award winner online, but not precisely where or in what context it was recommended. I'd certainly ( Read more... )