“The horizon was like a perfect circle, a great embrace, and within it lay the cornfields, still green, and the yellow wheat stubble, miles and miles of it, and the pasture lands where the white-faced cattle led lives of utter content,” wrote Willa Cather in The Best Years. Among those fortunate enough to have been [...]
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Last November I read Louise Penny’s first novel, Still Life. I loved it and knew I wanted to read her second novel, Fatal Grace. She didn’t disappoint me at all. Fatal Grace was the Agatha Award Winner for Best Novel of 2007. That should tell you that lots of people, including me, really liked book [...] For me, a favorite book is one I’m still thinking and talking about months after I read it. The books listed below are stuck in my mind and some in my heart. I’m ready to share my list with you. You’ll see that there are different reasons for each book I picked. If you’d like to [...] AMAZING PEACE – A Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou Paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher Every fan of Maya Angelou will savor the reading of this beautiful book. It’s a pleasure for all the senses. The paintings are a perfect compliment to Ms. Angelous’s poetry. I can’t do a formal review that would do [...] Authored by Maira Kalman Publisher: Penguin Press, 2010 My Rating: A+ This book has been flirting with me since it first arrived. It’s so gorgeous that it was impossible for me to leave it alone. It’s heavier than your average hardback, but not awkward. The covers are unique – both the paper-covering and the hardback cover. [...] |
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