Tag: Classic
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6 Life-Changing Books for Happiness
Some books you read once and forget. Others stay on my shelves and get referenced many times. Just seeing their titles reminds me of the mental perspective shifts I got while reading them and how much better my life is for following their advice. The Bible will always top this list but that feels like…
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Heartwarming Holiday Books for all Ages
Here are some book recommendations with great examples of thankfulness and the Christmas spirit. They range from picture books to longer novels, and most will be enjoyed by a wide range of ages. Most of them I have read and enjoyed, a few are on my wish list. I will let the covers speak for…
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Writers Write: 7 Books to Inspire You
A writer writes. Publishing is nice, but it’s not what makes anyone a writer. November is National Novel Writing Month. It’s a challenge for writers all over the globe to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. The focus is quantity over quality; to create a first draft quickly, averaging about 1700 words a…
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Alice and Me in Wonderland
Dear Readers, I feel like the white rabbit. Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I shall be too late! It’s 10:30ish on Friday morning. Something should be published here in less than three hours. I haven’t written for weeks. But I am interrupting my dish washing session to bring you a message. Would you tell me, please,…
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A Quick Case for LONG Books
I’m not a fan of long books. Anything that feels like a door stop is too cumbersome to hold much less to carry with me. My attention span isn’t that disciplined. And they are usually slow moving classics filled with detailed description. They’re just so long! But I’m excited to tell you I’ve found a…
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A Literary Christmas
The season has come to send warm wishes to the people we love. Amongst the work and school, travel and maintenance of the year, we don’t always have the opportunity to connect with the far flung relatives, the friends whose lives took them across the country and people who at one time made such a…
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House of the Seven Gables (From Two Angles)
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1851 Hepzibah Pyncheon is so desperately poor she must open a little shop on the lower level of her ancestral home, known as the House of the Seven Gables. She refuses all help from her wealthy cousin, Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon. About the same time, Hepzibah’s brother, Clifford comes home after serving a thirty-year…
So She Reads 