Posted May 14, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
Beauty by
Robin McKinley Publisher: HarperCollins (1978)
Hardcover (247 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Birthday Month,
2015 Fairytale Retelling,
2015 Re-Reading,
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A young woman, well educated and honourable, accepts responsibility for her father’s act and leaves her family to enter the enchanted world of castle and Beast. The Beast she finds is not the one she imagined, but can she stay with him?
A gifted storyteller embellishes the classic tale, developing a new and very real world of her own in a love story that has all the wonder and magic of the fairy tale.
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Posted April 30, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 2 Comments
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Posted April 23, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Girl Death Left Behind by
Lurlene McDaniel Publisher: Laurel Leaf (1999)
Paperback (176 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Birthday Month,
2015 Re-Reading,
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Beth’s world has been torn apart. She cannot figure out how to go on when a car accident claims the lives of her entire family, and she is the only survivor. Things seem to get even worse when she moves in with her aunt and her spoiled cousin, Terri. But with the love and support of her aunt and some unexpected friends, Beth struggles to overcome the despair that threatens to consume her. Will she be able to move past the painful memories without feeling guilty for being a survivor?
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Posted April 22, 2015 in Faith, Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Story of a Soul by
St Therese of Lisieux Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press (1896)
Audiobook {6 hours and 10 minutes} (306 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Re-Reading,
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Sharing memories from early childhood through her life as a Carmelite nun, Therese opens her heart to us. This bride of Christ reveals her passion and longing for union with God. Her simplicity is charming and we begin to believe that we can travel the path to salvation that she points out to us.
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Posted April 15, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
Number the Stars by
Lois Lowry Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell (1989)
Paperback (137 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
2015 Re-Reading,
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Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It’s now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are “relocated”. Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen’s life.
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