So, this week I didn't really find any amazing author to feature, but my daughter did! She is in first grade and finished another book yesterday, written by Dana Regan. The book was Monkey See, Monkey Do and it talked about the different things that monkeys and people do, like laugh and cry. The author is Dana Regan, who writes a lot of other young children's stories and first step reader-style books. She also draws the pictures, which I thought were really cute and colorful. I think the … [Read more...]
Feb 6, 2012
Review: The Healer’s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson
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Book: The Healers Apprentice Author: Melanie Dickerson Year Published: 2010 Genre: Christian Romance/adventure Overall Rating: 4 stars Target Audience: Women and teens Romance: Mild Setting: The early 1300s Characters: A woodcutter’s daughter, Rose; Her friend Hildy, her mentor Frau Geruscha, two handsome duke’s sons, various other people. Plot: In this fairytale-like story, Rose is the daughter of a poor woodcutter apprenticed to a local healer in a duke’s castle. She is … [Read more...]
Jun 13, 2011
Review: Atonement by Ian McEwan
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Book: Atonement Author: Ian McEwan Year Published: 2003 Genre: Drama Overall Rating: 4 stars Target Audience: Adults Romance: Pretty much everything, with fairly graphic images Setting: The 1930s and 40s Characters: Briony, Robbie Turner, Cecilia mostly. Plot Summary: The first half of the book focuses on a two or three day period. During this time, Briony watches the budding romance between her sister and Robbie. She doesn’t understand it, and decides that he is violent. Briony’s … [Read more...]
Apr 22, 2011
Featured Author: Philip Roth
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Philip Roth is an American adult fiction author. He was born in 1933, and is still living today. Roth first became famous in 1959 for his short novel Goodbye, Columbus, which was a irreverent portrait of Jewish life. That story won the National Book Award. Roth has also won many other literary awards, including the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the WH Smith Literary Award and the National Book Critics Circle award. Most of Roth's books focus on Jewish American life, and outline the … [Read more...]
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