Honest and thoughtful reviews of what I’ve been reading. Browse by genre, mood, or curiosity to find your next great book
When you ask most people my age to list their favorite books of childhood, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson almost always makes that list. It is a heartwarming and heartbreaking tale of childhood friendship, of loss, and of moving on
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I loved Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt as a kid and it’s possible I love it even more now.
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I knew that when I started writing my blog, I wanted to write about books that I remembered loving from my childhood. I sat down and wrote out a list of every title that I remember having a significant impact, good or bad, on me. When I saw my daughter was reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, I thought, “Bingo! That’s what I’ll write about this week!”.
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The time has come. Winter is here. Many people began their journey through the Seven Kingdoms back in 1996 when
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I have been having this nightmare since approximately 1984, or when I first read Pet Sematary by Stephen King. I stayed up all night and read it in one sitting. It is the only book (although not the only thing I’ve ever read) to give me nightmares and it has given me the nightmare that has stayed with me for the last 35 years.
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