by Christa | Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve always been drawn to African American lit, I am not even sure why, but I was totally drawn in to this book I read for my book club earlier this week. It is an easy read in the sense that Douglass is a very fluid, matter of fact and yet somehow poetic...
by Christa | Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
The layers that are found in “Charlotte’s Web” never cease to amaze me. I read this book annually, or so it seems, because it draws me to a craftmanship unparelleled in most modern reads. Maybe this is in part because today books are published at an...
by Christa | Jul 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Entranced in another round of Jane, I cannot seem to get tired of her writing, since each new turn of the book provides me another glimpse of something beautiful. This time, this quotation really sticks with me as true to life yet, and so many years ago, as Jane...
by Christa | May 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am editing the book with a great roadmap, thanks to Marya Jansen-Gruber of Through the Looking Glass book reviews. I enjoy the freedom I have as well as the bounds she has helped to provide me with. I am having to make some decisive character changes and...
by Christa | May 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
This book is an amazing beginning to the English mystery novel as we know it today. Apparently, Mr. Collins set the stage for all other mysteries of its kind, coining the terms, “red herring” and an “inside job.” I am soaking up the...
