These are the last two of the Ruby red series. Wow, I really loved these books. I literally couldn't put them down - a few late nights of reading. I HIGHLY recommend them to anyone who enjoys time-traveling, romance, and mystery/intrigue books. Try them all - great stuff.
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I admit I haven't been doing a lot of reading so far this summer, so I started reading this book, and couldn't really get into it for awhile. Once I did though, it was a treat, and I couldn't put it down. I jumped right in to the 2nd book right away. This trilogy involves time travel, intrigue, a little romance and adventure - really well done. I am highly recommending them.
Here we go with another, wonderful, Flavia de Luce book - one of my all time favorite series. The story actually takes place about a week after the last book, but it starts with her dead mother's body, having been found in Nepal, coming home to be buried in England. As they are waiting at the train station, a mysterious man whispers in Flavia's ear a message, when a minute later he falls (or was he pushed?) under the approaching train and is killed.
Well, of course, Flavia must solve the mystery and a few others. Bradley leaves us open to a whole new set of murders at the end. So fun. Wow, what a great book. I am now suffering from "Book Withdrawal." This is a mostly historical, but some fictionalization, book. It is the story of Sarah Grimke and her sister, Angelina, who were early fighters against abolition and for women's rights. The story starts in 1803 in Charleston, SC where 11 year old Sarah is given a slave, Hetty, also 11, for her birthday. She is not happy and tries to free her but is defeated by her family and the system. The rest of the book switches between Sarah and Hetty, both of whom have severe hardships in their experiences. Very powerful, and a great book for women's studies and U.S. history. HIGHLY RECOMMEND, especially for historical fiction lovers.
I am very impressed with this book. The author sets us on one path, then it develops into something quite different, and I thought very moving. I really enjoyed this book. It, like all well done fiction, covers a subject, autism, in a way we can all feel and empathize with. Highly recommend.
This is another great example of historical fiction. The author researched the experience of immigrating to the U.S, passing through Ellis Island and finally the Triangle Shirtwaist fire of March 1911. She helps the reader really appreciate the difficulties that these new residents had to endure, while still keeping their hopeful vision of a new and better life. I really enjoyed this very quick read.
I really liked this book because I enjoy historical fiction and this is a good story. It is a time travel story, involving a 15-year-old boy whose father is very overprotective. He finds Jimi Hendrix's strato guitar hidden in his basement and when he strums the famous chord from "Purple Haze" he is transported back to the 1969 Woodstock concert. He encounters many interesting things, his own father at 15, his uncle who will die only a few weeks from then, girls, drugs and more. He has a mission to fulfill to help his father deal with his brother's death. The language is a little rough only in one part, and justifiably so. The drug message is quite powerful. A really good read.
Obviously I have not read ANY books for months. I guess my relationship with them as been in the form of ordering and processing for this new school. Things are starting to pull together, and we just got our new order - so I just couldn't resist some of the new ones. This is a very quick read (only 85 pages) but very interesting. I love anything about the Civil War, especially biographical info, so this was very interesting. Tillie thought she was going away from the battle fray, the day she went with her neighbor and her 2 young daughters. However, she ended up at the Weichert farm which sat at the base of both Little and Big Roundtop, in the heart of the battle. She had some amazing experiences and reported them well. If you like history, this is great.
Here she goes again, my favorite detective, Flavia de Luce! This is the 5th of her stories, and, as with the rest, I totally enjoyed it. This time our 11 year-old finds a body, relatively fresh, where the body of a "Saint" should be and begins to find out what happened. As usual her scientific expertise help her solve the mystery, but not before she is nearly killed herself. Love it, love it, love it.
I love Russell Freedman's books, and this was no let down. I also love Lincoln & Douglass, & the Civil War era, so it was a real treat. As usual, Freedman's easy, flowing, but chock full of facts writing style really keeps my interest, and I always learn a lot. I was especially curious about Lincoln's relationship with Douglass, and Douglass' life story. Really good read (and a quick one).
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