Disclosure: Affiliate links About six weeks ago we drove an hour and a half to our favourite used book store. They have a month-long, 50% off sale twice a year, and we try to make it to at least one of these sales. Generally I'm busy helping little ones (and sometimes big ones) find books. …
I read an interesting book this week set in the early 1800's American South on a slave plantation. In The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom an orphan Irish girl is taken on as an indentured servant. She belongs neither to the world of the slaves or to the world of the white masters. Somehow she …
Disclosure: Affiliate links This week in between scrapbooking and updating the look on my blog I read a lot of fluff. I did also read quite a bit more of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss and am really enjoying that. //ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=tf_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=healthpreser-20&marketplace=amazon®ion=US&placement=0307382478&asins=0307382478&linkId=PQVPZJYMQIQ5EHUW&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true 16-year-old daughter - Rifles for …
Disclosure: Affiliate links I've been reading a missionary book to my children. Treasures from the Darkness by Gail Jackson tells the story of her family's time in Papua New Guinea. There are amazing stories and lessons to be learned. Another bonus is that buying this book helps to pay for the immigration costs of Mrs. …
We've had a couple of days off as a family, and I've been doing a lot of reading. I've mostly been re-reading some old favourites, but I've also been enjoying a Louis L'Amour book and started one called The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss. I love …
My reading has been really light this week. Lots of "brain candy" novels. So I'm going to take a pass on what I've been reading and just share my children's recommendations. Disclosure: Affiliate links 16-year-old daughter - The Guardians by Jack Cavanaugh - her favourite author //ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=tf_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=healthpreser-20&marketplace=amazon®ion=US&placement=B0044KM172&asins=B0044KM172&linkId=TCUZNYBUFGF24EUP&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true 14-year-old son - The 39 Clues: Doublecross Book …
I read an exceptionally good memoir of the Holocaust this week. Outcry: Holocaust Memoirs by Manny Steinberg. Manny tells the story of how he, his brother and his father survived the Holocaust and later came to start a new life in America. His father was a man of dignity and never let the degradation of …
This week I haven't had a lot of time to read because I've been organizing our basement. I did however find another place where you can get free or cheap ebooks - BookBub. There's a lot that just doesn't interest me, but about once a week I find a book I'm interested in. I never …
Not enough time to read - just. not. enough. I have several books going right now that are all interesting. I wish I could three or four books simultaneously. There just isn't enough time to read everything I want to. One of the books I'm in the middle of reading is a true story about Mumbai, …
This has been an unusual week for me book-wise. I've started several books, but have had a hard time really getting into them. I guess the one I have enjoyed the most has been Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach by Meryl Gordon. It's about the late Mrs. Brooke Astor …
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