Books I Love/Two Old Women
Immerse yourself in this delightful recreation of an Alaska Athabaskan Native legend by Velma Wallis. Velma’s culture and wisdom breathe through her words in Two Old Women. Blessings! Sue
Books I Love/Where The Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak is the illustrator and author of this wonderful children’s book, the 1964 winner of the Caldecott Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year. I love the little boy Max and his fantastical journey to the land where the Wild Things are. I love how very wild Max and the Wild Things are and yet how…
Books I Love/On Becoming A Novelist
ON BECOMING A NOVELIST by John Gardner is an incredible book about the “getting there” process of becoming a novelist. My copy is falling apart at every seam and page, but I still keep it handy for inspiration as I write.
Books I Love/PRAYERS FOR SALE
My reading group chose the historical novel PRAYERS FOR SALE by Sandra Dallas as our October book. Great choice! From the back cover: “A powerful novel about an unlikely friendship between two women and the secrets they’ve kept in order to survive life in a rugged Colorado mining town.” I love this book because the main character…
Books I Love
Beginning next Tuesday (November 1, 2011) and continuing for most Tuesdays – at least until next summer (when life becomes nearly too hectic for me to breathe let alone blog), I will begin to write a very short blog about the books that I love. These aren’t the average everyday books I love, as in “Oh,…
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