“Catarina Hale’s childhood ended on a steamy August night a few hours after the Orioles demolished the Rangers at Memorial Stadium, kicking their Texas butts — as her dad said — nine to one.” Reena (Catarina) was eleven-years-old that night when she witnessed the horror of the fire that was deliberately set in her family’s [...]
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Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while.
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by Katherine Howe Hyperion, June 2009 I’ve had the most amazing experience in reading this book. I read it as part of the First Look Book Club with Barnes and Noble. With this bookclub we read the book over a four week period. It is suggested that members stay with the schedule and read just [...] A couple of months ago I shared with you my husband’s love of Frontier and Civil War books. At that time he reviewed Jeff Shaara’s Of Gods and Generals. Now he is back with another good Civll War novel. Here is Jay’s review of Death Piled Hard. W. Patrick Lang is an able storyteller. With his [...] The last six months I have been re-reading my favorite books from my childhood. It has been a wonderful stroll through my youthful memories and, because I read most of these books to my children, I’m remembering those times as well. I recommend the practice to anyone with fond recollection of childhood books. I want [...] My husband Jay and I both read this book and found it compelling. We also found it to be a big topic of conversation. Now that we are fifteen years past the raising of our last child we were able to talk about the subject of this book with some healthy distance. I’m going to [...] |
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