Lindsay (1807 KP) rated A Heart's Obsession (A Journey of the Heart, #2) in Books
Feb 15, 2018 (Updated Apr 9, 2019)
Sarah and Joel ride out with Jacob and his wife. Once she arrives in Fort Laramie, sees Rand and she meets Jessica and her mother. She finds out that Rand and Jessica are to marry. In the meantime, Ben is out to get Sarah back in his arms.
We meet two new Indian girls and children. This put Sarah to help teach the children more English. What happens next is surprising. Rand is asked to see this new fur trader. When he finds out who it is. He needs to go ask Sarah if she knew that Ben was back.
Booksnthreads (19 KP) rated The Marvelous Mrs Maisel in TV
Jun 4, 2018
I loved it so much that I tried to get my husband to watch it with me; I even agreed to watch it from the very beginning with him. He just couldn't get into it. He enjoyed the stand-up portions, but he didn't really get engaged with the character and her home life or enjoy the situational humor.
Part of the problem could have been that my husband's sense of humor can be quite a bit different from mine, but I also believe that much of the humor I found in this series was kind of woman-centric, based on being a married woman with children. As a married woman with children myself, I could totally relate and found the entire series entertaining.
The Poet's Dog
Patricia MacLachlan and Kenard Pak
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Teddy is a gifted dog. Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan, he grew up listening to sonnets...
Pet Sematary
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Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
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Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds
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Hazel (2934 KP) rated Cold As The Grave in Books
Sep 1, 2019
DCI Tony McLean finds himself, quite unexpectedly, in the midst of a strange and disturbing investigation following his discovery of the mummified remains of a young girl. Being a DCI, Tony is not supposed to get into the day to day investigation of crime however, Tony being Tony just can't help himself and he quickly becomes in the thick of it.
This is a dark and sinister case to investigate and includes themes on refugees, asylum seekers, illegal immigrants, trafficking, modern slavery, the murder of children and violence towards women as well as introducing a less than "normal" slant on the perpetrator of the crime and the method used for committing murder.
With fantastic characters throughout and written in a sympathetic rather than sensationalist way with the back drop of a winter in Edinburgh, this is a great read.
I admit to not having read all the previous books in this series and although I have probably missed out massively on back story, character development, etc., it did not detract from my enjoyment of this book.
On to the next .... when it comes out!
My thanks must go to the Publisher and NetGalley for my copy in return for an unbiased review.
We Shall Not All Sleep
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Seven Island has two houses. One for Hillsingers and one for Quicks. 1964. The Hillsingers and...
ClareR (6118 KP) rated The Four Winds in Books
Feb 28, 2021
It’s a period of history that I know little about. I mean, I’ve watched films set in this period where people live on ramshackle farms, or in shanty-type towns, and I knew that it was something to do with the Great Depression. This book describes the side of the story of a family of farmers who lived in the Dust Bowl of Texas.
Elsa lives with her husband, children and his parents on a farm in Texas. Two children later and with the farm failing, Elsa’s husband leaves them to pursue a better life - on his own. Elsa struggles on with her in-laws and children, determined to give Loreda and Ant (her children) a home where they feel loved. But when Ant nearly dies from dust pneumonia, and the farm fails completely, they make plans to leave for California. Elsa reluctantly leaves her in-laws behind (they refuse to leave their farm), because it’s the only way to save Ant.
California isn’t the promised land of milk and honey. They arrive with little money, nowhere to stay, and Californians don’t want to help them. In fact they believe ‘Okeys’ are feckless, lazy, dirty; they refuse to house or employ them. Elsa’s only choice is to live in a tent in an encampment where poverty and typhoid are rife.
I admired Elsa’s tenacity - she works tirelessly for little money to feed her children. It’s a story of one woman’s survival and her need to protect her family.
I didn’t know anything about the Dust Bowl before I read this. I’d heard the term, but I didn’t know about the dust storms, animals dying after being filled up with dust, and people dying from dust pneumonia. This sounds like an exaggerated story, doesn’t it? But it’s not. None of this was unusual.
The Four Winds is a hard, yet compelling read. This is only the third Kristin Hannah book I’ve read, and it won’t be my last!
Many thanks to St Martin’s Press for my e-copy.
Timmy Tickle!
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Timmy Tickle is an interactive story app for children that introduces a beautifully animated octopus...