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I was introduced to birding by an Australian friend who once visited me in China. Although he had traveled the world as an avid bird-watcher for 30 years, he had never before visited China. During his week-long stay at our … Continue reading
Living overseas—it’s one of those experiences that separates the men from the boys, the courageous from the cowards, the adventurous from the namby-pamby….and I hope it’s OK to describe myself this way! I’ve lived overseas for—let’s see now—nine years of … Continue reading
I first read Lois Lowry’s Newberry-Medal-winning novel back in 2005, nearly a decade after its initial publication in 1993. This was long before I started reviewing books, yet I recall this story coming as a comfort to me during my … Continue reading
A Story of the Apache Wars I grew up in a family of readers, and everyone in my family had one or two authors who stood out as personal favorites. My mom adored Agatha Christie and Jane Austen, my dad … Continue reading
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We read the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad for our Siblings’ Book Club in 2018. This graphic novel is my first return to the story, and it certainly carries with it the same heat and bleakness of life … Continue reading
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For the first few visits to our public library, I had been visiting the kids’ section only, occasionally perusing the young-adult section as well while my own kids went looking for Minecraft How-to manuals. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t even … Continue reading
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Illustrated by David Polonsky Where to begin with this one? I devoured this book slowly over the past few weeks, savoring its pages like a box of rich chocolates. And that’s exactly what Anne Frank and her diary are, so … Continue reading
Book 3 Even now, after having finished the third and final installment to this great little graphic-novel series, I still haven’t researched whether or not the books came before the movie or vice-versa. I don’t want to know, because reading … Continue reading
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I’ve read a lot of books in my time, but I don’t recall any with so great a title as this, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins (well, maybe Fart Proudly by Cark Japiske). As I’ve noted … Continue reading
Book 2 This second book in The Dam Keeper series begins in media res (remember that one from literature class?). There’s not much explanation about what had just occurred in Book 1, so this is not a book you’d likely … Continue reading
