![]() ![]() Genre: Christian / Historical Fiction / Romance THE LOVE NOTE by Joanna Davidson Politano Today, I’d like to invite you to step back into the past for a bit, with author Joanna Davidson Politano’s masterwork, The Love Note. I suppose that’s why so many of us love reading and writing historical fiction today. ![]() Even while reading fiction, you could find so much of the author’s times between the lines. Reading historical books was like opening a window to the past. I attempted to piece meaning between Austen and Brontë, usually with a dictionary close by. Daughter of a voracious reader, I was guilty of slipping books far beyond my scope and struggling through all the big words and big ideas. I love to read, and one of the reasons I love to read is because I was introduced to the classics from a very young age. Hello and welcome back, friends, to another fantastic tour from Lone Star Literary Life. Full disclosure before we begin. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She doesn’t do much but read, work, and hang out with her father.Ĭhloe is adorable. Due to the death of her mother and her ability to see what age people die at she closes herself off from the world. She is 17 and lives in San Francisco California and works at a fast food job she hates. Harper becomes determined to beat the numbers. Heck, she only has until the end of the summer to live! ![]() The fact that Chloe is already 16 means she has less than a year to live. The only problem is, is there is a big ol’ 16 on Chloe’s forehead. Harper can’t resist wanting to spend more time with Chloe. Chloe is new to the neighbourhood and she is so full of life. Until one day she almost runs over Chloe. Harper decides never to get close to anyone again. From then on out her view on life is a little pessimistic. Try as she might to prevent her mother’s death she can’t. ![]() Harper has the ability to see the age people will die at. Colorblind by Siera Maley was one of those books where I read the first three sentences and knew that I would completely love it. ![]() ![]() However, they push forward despite all the setbacks because the promise of what awaits them in the West is enough to keep them going. Violence between them, dwindling rations, missed connections, seemingly ineffective attempts at moving faster, broken equipment, questionable leadership, and, worse of all, the mysterious death of a little boy have all added up to frayed nerves, anger, and fear. Evil is vague term, but it’s also the only way to explain the unending series of calamities that have plagued them since they departed. There is something evil hunting, and haunting, the travelers who are part of the wagon train known as the Donner Party. ![]() Well, enter Alma Katsu and The Hunger, her retelling of the Donner Party’s chronicle with a supernatural twist. ![]() That being said, perhaps there is no story more deserving of reimagination than that of the Donner Party. From The Alamo to the narratives of early New York and from the fate of early explorers to the gold fever days of California, the country’s history is packed with fertile ground for historical fiction. ![]() There are many moments in the history of the United States that deserve every drop of ink that has been used to write about them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM SHIRLEY TEMPLE EDITION. inventory #31528 Very Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. One of the best - loved children's stories in the world, this heartwarming tale has captivated readers of all ages - and continues to move us with its wondrous evocation of the bittersweet journey from girlhood to womanhood. Even when tragedy strikes, Rebecca's strength and resilience prevail. Their home soon comes to vibrant life with the laughter and antics of a growing young girl. The two stern women have their hands full with the bright and high - spirited girl - but along with her mischief, Rebecca brings joy and light to her aunts' otherwise severe lives. ![]() One of seven fatherless children, Rebecca, whose face 'has the sweetness of a mayflower and the strength of a young oak', is sent to be raised by elderly aunts. FROM THE PUBLISHER - From its first appearance in 1903, REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM has delighted generations of readers with its lively portrait of young Rebecca Rowena Randall, who lived on a farm called Sunnybrook. ![]() ![]() ![]() Terupt Falls Again! And don't miss the conclusion to the series, Goodbye, Mr. Readers will find a Junior High Survival Guide with tips from the old gang! This novel includes extra content in the back of the book. When a fight threatens to break up the group forever, they think their favorite teacher is the only one who can help them. And Jessica is waiting anxiously for an acceptance to a theater retreat in New York City.Įveryone is missing Mr. Trouble with a bully makes Luke dread going to school for the first time ever. Anna is desperate for Charlie to propose to her mother-what is he waiting for?! Danielle isn’t feeling so well, but she's trying to tough it out, like Grandma. Alexia has a disastrous first day of school, and that’s only the beginning. Peter and Jeffrey face tough competition on their wrestling team. There’s a lot to be excited about, but starting at a new school isn’t easy. Terupt’s fifth- and sixth-grade classes are entering their first year of junior high school. The one teacher who changed everything is the one thing missing this school year. Terupt Falls Again return for a third book in this warmhearted series filled with unique characters every reader can relate to. The kids and their favorite teacher from Because of Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() For whatever reason, I’ve been finding it harder to get into novel-length stories lately and easier to just let myself bask in the wonder of watching my favorite characters get together approximately 19,384,947 times. And this is coming from a person who’s been in a serious fiction-reading drought lately (if we don’t count fanfiction, which some people don’t). ![]() Like, had to seriously think hard to come up with anything to discuss that I didn’t love about it. And what they have-no matter how right it feels-can’t last. Because Toby is too young, too intense, too easy to hurt. The problem is, while Laurie will surrender his body, he won’t surrender his heart. He wants to make him hurt, he wants to make him beg, he wants to make him fall in love. But he knows, with all the certainty of youth, that he wants Laurie. Toby doesn’t know who he wants to be or what he wants to do. ![]() Six years on from his last relationship, he’s pushing forty and tired of going through the motions of submission. Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the BDSM scene is all played out. ![]() ![]() ![]() Well, Caractacus Pott employs all his genius in renovating her, and when he has finished, she is spectacular: Jeremy said excitedly, 'We've got to have a name for her. We'd have a real jewel of a car, something to love and cherish and look after as if it was one of the family! When they behold Gen II on the scrap heap, rusting and forlorn, they set their hearts on her immediately: It wouldn't be like having just one of those black beetles that the factories turn out in hundreds and thousands and that all look alike. They are such a brilliant idea that he sells his idea to Lord Skrumshus, the sweet magnate, for one thousand pounds.Īnd the very first thing they spend their money on is a new car for family outings. He invents Crackpots Crackpot Whistling Sweets. But one day he invents something very clever indeed. ![]() ![]() Now, the Pott family are not very rich, even though Commander Caractacus Pott is an explorer and an inventor. It's just a little bit of fun about a very special car which is so grateful to be rescued from the scrap heap by the Pott family, that she positively grows wings and flies! If you've seen the film, it's time you read the book! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While Lucy and Max's relationship is rocky at best, their interaction provides a stimulating background to the odd happenings at the island, with drownings and dead bodies ultimately leading Lucy to stumble on a conspiracy that might well cast Max as the villain of the piece. Lucy herself is a down and out actress who is in awe of Julian Gale but almost immediately on arrival at Corfu, she locks horns with his brusque son, Max, a musician. The other two houses have been tenanted out, one to a photographer named Godfrey Manning, and the other to thespian Julian Gale. Lucy joins her sister, Phyllida Forli at one of the three houses the Forlis own. ' This Rough Magic' (in itself a quote from The Tempest) begins with Lucy Waring's arrival in the Greek island of Corfu, a place rich in myth and tradition. How surprised I was when I finally began to read it and was swept away to Greece and the island which might well have been Prospero's in Shakespeare's ' The Tempest'. ![]() Fortunately for me, one of those unexpected happenings was the discovery of a new, brilliant author! Mary Stewart, the author of suspenseful romances, was a gamble when I bought her book, ' This Rough Magic'. This week has been a long one, full of unexpected happenings and the tiring travails of moving house. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although she vows to oppose Gooper's recommendation, Maggie implores Brick to stop drinking. ![]() Maggie then reveals that Gooper has suggested that Brick be committed to an alcoholic sanitarium. Maggie observes that Mae's sixth pregnancy is a sure indication that Gooper and Mae intend to claim all the family inheritance of their father, wealthy land owner Big Daddy Pollitt, who has been in questionable health. After Brick's wife Maggie argues with one of Mae's spoiled children, she retires to the house to see Brick. The next morning, constricted by a heavy ankle cast, Brick drinks in his bedroom, while in the backyard his brother Gooper, Gooper's wife Mae and their five raucous children prepare for the birthday party. Former football star Brick Pollitt arrives at his family home in Mississippi to celebrate his father's birthday and, while drunk, attempts to jump hurdles late at night, only to fall and break his ankle. ![]() ![]() ![]() "This private world of loony bins and weird people which I always felt I occupied and hid in", writes Elizabeth, "had suddenly turned inside out so that it seemed like this was one big Prozac Nation, one big mess of malaise. ![]() Prozac Nation is a collective cry for help, a generational status report on today's young people, who have come of age fully entrenched in the culture of divorce, economic instability, and AIDS. This memoir, both harrowing and hilarious, gives voice to the high incidence of depression - especially among America's youth. College was marked by a series of breakdowns, suicide attempts, and hospitalizations before she was finally given Prozac in combination with other psychoactive drugs, all of which have worked sporadically as Elizabeth's mood swings rise and fall like the lines of a sad ballad. By twelve she was cutting her legs in the girls' bathroom and listening to scratchy recordings of the Velvet Underground. this is the original publication of the book it was later reprinted I believe in 2009Full of promise is how anyone would have described Elizabeth Wurtzel at age ten, a bright-eyed little girl who painted, wrote stories, and excelled in every way. ![]() *Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America -New York New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. ![]() |