This is such a beautiful story, and very delicately and subtly written. No wonder it won a Newberry Honor Award!
Author: LuminousLibro
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
This is not your ordinary princess story! It has everything a book ought to have- adventure, a little romance, mystery, compelling characters, active plot, and superb writing.
I love it!
Book Colors Tag
Wait. I missed question number Four?!?! Gah! How did that happen? I’m such a weirdo.
Okay, my answer to question 4 is….The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis.
QUESTIONS/INSTRUCTIONS
1. Choose a colour.
2. Show all your books in that colour.
3. Separate books by read/unread.
4. What book do you want to read the most?
5. What is your favourite book?
6. What is your favourite book cover?
7. What is your least favourite book cover?
8. What is a book you want to buy?
9. What is something near you/on your bookshelf?
Missionary Kids!
These missionary kids in Puerto Rico and Brazil are showing off the books they have received! They are so adorable.
What is this warm fuzzy feeling in my heart?!? It’s the happiness that comes from sharing books! 😀
Seeing the huge smiles on their faces…. quick, I need a tissue.
You can get that warm fuzzy feeling too, if you donate now at http://www.gofundme.com/booksformks !!!
What I Read in November
These are the books I read in November! Eleven books in eleven minutes- I tried to keep the video as short as possible, but I get excited talking about books!
Just because a book is mentioned here does NOT mean that I recommend it. Some of these were great, some not so good, and some I didn’t even finish b/c they were just that awful.
Books mentioned in order:
The Storm Before Atlanta- Karen Schwabach
The Writing Life- Annie Dillard
The CaseBook of Sherlock Holmes- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Young Joan- Barbara Dana
Eidi- Bodil Bredsdorff
Things Not Seen- Andrew Clements
Knit One, Kill Two- Maggie Sefton
The First Two Lives of Lukas Kasha- Lloyd Alexander
Shadow Bridge- Gregory Frost
For Darkness Shows the Stars- Diana Peterfreund
Same Kind of Different As Me- Ron Hall and Denver Moore
NaNoWriMo Failure!
I did not win NaNoWriMo this year, and I am thrilled about it! People talk about failure as if it is this horrible thing, but failure is one of the best tools for learning and growing. I am a Proud Failure!
James and the Giant Peach Book Review
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a fantastic children’s book, and one that every kid should pick up and read!
Book Thankfulness
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Here are the top ten books for which I am grateful:
10. A Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickens
9. The Birds’ Christmas Carol- Kate Douglas Wiggin
8. Jack and Jill- L. M. Alcott
7. The Woman in White- Wilkie Collins
6. Boundaries- Cloud and Townsend
5. The Mysterious Benedict Society- Trenton Lee Stewart
4. The Blue Castle- L.M. Montgomery
3. Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
2. The Screwtape Letters- C.S. Lewis
1. Chronicles of Narnia- C.S. Lewis
Cheaper by the Dozen Book Review
Dispel from your minds any idea of movie adaptations. We are talking BOOKS here!
“Cheaper by the Dozen” and “Belles on Their Toes” by Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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The dedication of the book says: “To Dad, who only reared twelve children. and To Mother, who reared twelve only children.”
So beautiful!
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The new movies with the title “Cheaper by the Dozen” are nothing at all like the books, and are perfectly awful. However the old 1950 movies of both “Cheaper by the Dozen” and “Belles on Their Toes” are pretty close to the original books, and very enjoyable.
Cheaper by the Dozen Movie 1950- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042327/
Book Store Tour
Come with me on a tour of some old bookstores in Savannah, Georgia! The book stores in Savannah, Georgia, USA that I visited are…
E. Shaver, Bookseller- http://www.eshaverbooks.com/
Book Lady Bookstore – http://www.thebookladybookstore.com/
Both of these gorgeous stores are full of fancy couches and comfy chairs before the fireplaces, nifty nooks and secret out-of-the-way rooms, piled high with beautiful books, some old and rare, some new and shiny, more general bookiness than can be comprehended by the mind of man!
It’s book heaven! I visited book heaven on earth, and I didn’t buy a book. I did meet the owner of one, the actual Book Lady herself, and she was very sweet and gave me the run of the store. If you are ever in Savannah, you should visit these two lovely book havens!
