A Reading Horse

Judy Blume lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey in the early 1950s, a traumatic time to be in that place. In the space of two months, December...

As you can see from my "Reading Now" note at the top left of the page, I do have a few books I have started reading. Unfortunately...

Historical fiction/romance set in New Orleans, Louisiana and a plantation near New Orleans prior to and during the American Civil War. Miri...

This is a children's/young adult fantasy novel. An interesting premise: a young boy is given a plastic Indian (native American) figure, ...

An exciting, suspenseful Western drama, a psychological thriller as Hopalong Cassidy (the good guy) and his handful of cowboys strive to ou...

Dystopic literature has not usually been my genre of choice, but I find myself reading a handful of those books recently: Cloud Atlas, The ...

I have found that I enjoy Louis L'Amour's western novels. He is a good, descriptive writer, and captures the settings and the emotio...

James Breakwell is famous on the internet for his jokes and cartoons on family life. He has a large following on his Twitter feed, and is a...

This is actually more about writing than reading, but it's connected. If there were no writing, there would be no reading, after all. ...

What can I say about Pride and Prejudice? ***Spoiler warning -- proceed at your own risk *** Mr. Darcy! What woman wouldn't like t...

On this date, the beginning of Mother's Day weekend in the U. S., I see that the daily selection of scripture from Bible Gateway (on the...

This book spoke to me concerning my relationship with my mother, although my mother and I are very different from Ms. Leone and her mother...

I'll be thinking about this novel for a long time. It was such an unusual story. Everything came crashing down suddenly - a crisis, ...

An excellently written novel of women in a war-torn English village bravely carrying on, uniting as part of the Home Front. The plot was d...

This is a small book, easily carried in my purse. I've had it for over a year, and finally got around to reading it this afternoon whil...