An Overview Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott’s candid thoughts on her conversion and faith will make you think twice. Christians and non-Christians alike may disagree with some of the author’s political viewpoints or interpretations on the Bible, but one thing is for sure, Lamott lays herself out in the open as a flawed sinner who knows that she is …

During the course of my adult years, I have built scratch three garden projects from scatch. The first was a basic and very simple garden to replace the bare and baron yard for the first house that I bought. It was the first time that I had planted shrubs and experiences the joy of watching them grow and transform my own piece of personal landscape…

An Overview A wandering rabbit and an abandoned baby bring Patrick Hunter and Megan Murphy together in Thanksgiving. Will the chemistry between them be enough to do the rest? Main Body The ball of romance gets rolling in Thanksgiving all because of a rabbit. That rabbit belongs to Dr. Patrick Hunter, but it’s in the yard of Megan Murphy. Initially,…

An Overview Ten Thousand Islands is the 7th in the Doc Ford series. In this one, Doc has to take a closer look at the death of a young Florida artifact hunter. If you live in Florida or read up a lot on treasure and artifact hunters in the state, you may recognize part of the story that is the basis for this novel. Main Body The story surrounds a y…

An Overview In this tenth of the Stephanie Plum Series, Ten Big Ones, Stephanie has again gotten herself into trouble, this time she finds herself at the top of the hit list for a gang leader. Main Body In Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich, we follow Stephanie Plum through yet another adventure. This time, her stomach gets her into trouble. As well a…

An Overview This is the second book in the Number One Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith. It follows the adventures of Mma Ramotswe as she solves mysteries while adjusting to her recent engagement to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni and the promotion of her secretary to “Assistant Detective.” The Main Body Following on the heels of The Num…

An overview Maeve Binchy’s Tara Road encompasses the life of one woman, named Ria, from girlhood through marriage, divorce, and renewal. The cast of characters in and out of Ria’s life, and all their idiosyncrasies, make this a full-bodied novel. The way Binchy is able to write, simply, about complex human emotion is quite admirable. Main Body Set …

An Overview The Talisman is an interesting and river ting blend of fantasy and horror about a young man and his journey to another world (parallel realities) to obtain an artifact for his dying mother. Main Body I made the mistake of listening to Talisman at bedtime. I ought to know better by now! Stephen King’s writing is always so vivid; I’m guar…

An Overview Tales of the City began as a fictional column in the San Francisco Chronicle becoming a series of novels. Main Body Tales of the City was originally written as a series of newspaper columns, so the compilation has quick chapters and rapid plot developments. It makes a naturally easy transition from newspaper serial story to print book t…

An Overview Stardust begins in a small English town named Wall, located a night’s drive away from London. Wall is named after an old rock wall to its east, in a small opening leading to a forest. This opening is a portal to the magical world of Faerie. It is carefully guarded by two watchmen at all times, except once every nine years on May Day, wh…

An Overview Take a nostalgic journey to Elmwood Springs, Missouri and follow the happenings of this all-American hometown as its quirky and endearing characters are born, grow up, and fade into old age. This hilarious tribute to small town USA is generally lighthearted and hilarious with a few twinges of sadness that it quickly brushes off. Flagg p…

An Overview Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world and a lot of people whose first language is not Spanish wish to learn it for a number of reasons. Audio books have already proved their mettle as a language learning device and taking the help of Spanish audio books to brush up on your Spanish is a great idea. Main Body The Spanis…

Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended f…

Classic Treasure Island is an adventure novel, a thrilling tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Traditionally considered a coming of age story, it is an adventure tale of superb atmosphere, character and action, and a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality – as seen in Long John Silver unusual for children’s literature then and now. 100.6 MB…

Overview With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Main Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learne…