Improving Vocabulary with Dickens
I’m trudging through Great Expectations, our June/July book club selection. (Thank goodness we allotted more than one month!) I’ve found lots of material for ...
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Improving Vocabulary with The Night Circus, Part 2
I know I should have moved on to my next book club book, but I found another vocabulary word from The Night Circus that I really want to share: amalgamation. Ma...
Enter the Fantastic World of The Night Circus
Chocolate mice. Cinnamon pastries. A cloud maze to explore. These are only some of the exciting treats waiting for you in The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenste...
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand: Nonfiction Inspiration
Honestly, I don’t like non-fiction. Give me plot, dialogue, metaphor! When I flop into bed at night, I want an escape, not facts. But that’s the great thing ...
Book Review: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
January Selection from the Reading List Introduction When Caroline recommended Winter Garden to our book club, she warned us that it was cold, but I didn’t gra...
Reading List for 2012
I confess that I have some type-A tendencies. For example, I generated a grocery list on my computer, and I keep printed copies of it in the kitchen. When I r...