September 11, 2001– a day that changed so many lives. Every anniversary of that horrible day, I think of this song “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?” by Alan Jackson. I go to YouTube and listen with tears in my eyes and goosebumps on my arms. Jackson wrote the song in October of …
Please welcome Rebecca Goldfield as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. She is the author of The Captive of Friendly Cove, the graphic novel I reviewed on Sunday, and she is here answering a few interview questions. We can all share some donuts while we get acquainted with Rebecca. Hello Rebecca. So nice to have you here for …
First I want to wish all my friends in the States a Happy Labor Day. This is a day to acknowledge all that people do in jobs ranging from the most menial to the most celebrated. I have always thought most highly of the folks that do the work that some people think they are …
Captive of Friendly Cove Rebecca Goldfield Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 6 and up Paperback: 168 pages Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (September 8, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 1936218119 ISBN-13: 978-1936218110 BOOK BLURB: From the creators of the award-winning Trickster and District Comics, comes another graphic novel about adventure and tribal life. After his ship …
What on earth is going on in Hungary? Just reading snippets of news it sounds like a revisit of Nazi Germany. This from Reuters today: Hungarian police halted a train packed with migrants bound for the Austrian border and tried to force them to disembark in a town with a detention camp on Thursday, …
Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (July 14, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 0062409859 ISBN-13: 978-0062409850 BOOK BLURB: Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—”Scout”—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were …
Here we are at the end of another week. It has been a busy one for me, and it seems like that has become a habit with me of late. While I have been busy with editing for a client, writing and taking care of some business, I have made time to get outside and …
Here’s something different for today and having a book to promote worked well with my busy, busy schedule. I had no time to gather material for the usual Monday Morning Musings, so when I was asked to help with the promotion for this new series, I was delighted. I will be honest and admit that …
Asylum: A Mystery Jeannette de Beauvoir File Size: 1145 KB Print Length: 320 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books (March 10, 2015) Publication Date: March 10, 2015 ASIN: B00MSYOCNC BOOK BLURB: Martine LeDuc is the director of PR for the mayor’s office in Montreal. When four women are found brutally murdered and shockingly posed on park benches …
Because I feel so strongly about a recent post I read by Emily Frankel on her terrific blog, Em’s Talkery, I want to share the link and just a bit of what she wrote. Her topic was displaced people. Twelve year-old Atahurahman, crammed in a boat for 3½ months with 400 people, had to sit …
