Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Books with Diverse Characters
Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list top ten books that feature diverse characters. When I first…
Written in the Stars
Twenty-seven-year old Ananya Jhangiani has had more jobs than she can count on two hands. The black sheep in a family of overachievers, Ananya…
8 Hook, Heart & the Dead: Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz is one of those hugely popular authors who has largely left me unmoved. He’s published tons of books, but I’ve only read…
Wordless Wednesday: A Self-Portrait by Snubnose
True, it does not exactly resemble Snubnose, but I love the colors she has used, especially the blue of the background that makes the…
Mailbox Mondays: July 13, 2015
Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Last week I got some really intriguing books by some not…
Conflicted About Zoos
I seriously don’t know what I feel about housing animals in zoos. In principle, I wouldn’t say I like the thought of animals caged…
7.6 Lost Innocence: A Review Of God Help The Child
As expected from Toni Morrison’s books, this is a short (but disturbing) novel about a young woman trying to accept her identity as a…
Wordless Wednesdays: A Buddha
Loving this giant Buddha I photographed this week at Eagleton Golf Resort. We stumbled across this one while we were taking a buggy ride…
Top Ten Tuesday – Hyped Books I Have Yet to Read
Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list my Top Ten Hyped Books that I haven’t read. I…
8 The Invention of Wings
Hetty “Handful” Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy…