Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Crocodile in Books
Jun 21, 2019
The relationship between the protagonist and the her friends is brilliant. The language, the vernacular, all make this novel as real as if you were right back to your own childhood, with words that I had long forgotten and which came back to me in laughter. I enjoyed the honesty of childhood, the realism of childhood relationships, the subtle way that situations are dealt with. I just loved it.
Forgotten Memories: Alternate Realities
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Finalist in the CVA videogames awards 2015. Nominations: Best Audio, Best Original Music, Best Indie...
Lindsay (1693 KP) rated The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving Blessing in Books
Nov 17, 2021
This book teaches Mama and Papa as they ride through the woods to their grans and gramps place for Thanksgiving dinner. They teach about how the native Bears and pilgrims shared and started the whole Thanksgiving feast and what it means to be thankful for all the blessings you have.
The blessing is quite a few things we have somewhat forgotten we came to have. Some of the blessings are Family and Friends, Faith, and religion. A few others. The cubs do mention a song that is a favorite of mine. The song is “Over the river and Through the woods.”
What will your child or children learn about the history of holidays and celebrations? This book teaches a bit about it. What is your child or children learning to be Thankful for during the season? Are we teaching that children should be thankful for the blessing that they have? The many blessings we have in life have continued told in this book.
Last Summer
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Lifestyle journalist Ella Skye remembers every celebrity she interviewed, every politician she...
women's fiction marriage child loss love triangle
Bloody Scotland: Crime in 19th Century Scotland
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In the 19th century Scotland was depicted as a land of misty glens, engineering innovation and...
The Nursery (The Bayou Hauntings #3)
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A house that sat empty for fifty years as its dead owner instructed. A locked room with no key. A...
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The Dark Side of Japan: Ancient Black Magic, Folklore, Ritual
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The Many Hells of Japan is a collection of folktales, ritual black magic, protection spells,...
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Daughter of Auschwitz in Books
Oct 1, 2022
This is an extremely hard book to read but one I feel necessary so the past is not forgotten.
Tova was born just prior to the start of World War II; her earliest memories being of living in the ghetto her family and parents were sent to by the Nazi's. From the ghetto, she and her parents are sent to a labour camp; Tova is 5 years old. At the age of 6, Tova and her mum are separated from her dad for the first time as they are placed in different cattle cars and sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Tova describes her experiences from the eyes of an innocent child trying to make sense of the horrors she hears and witnesses every day. How someone, let alone a child, can survive what went on in that hell and come out the other side and live even close to a 'normal' life is beyond me. It is testament to the strength of her mother and the lessons she taught Tova that she survived and became the woman she did.
Many thanks to Quercus Books and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of this powerful, heart-breaking but uplifting book. This should be required reading for all school children and adults alike.
In Her Shadow
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Isabel’s life seemed perfect. Successful business, beautiful house, adoring husband. And then she...
The Forgotten Room
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Jeremy Logan (The Third Gate, Deep Storm) is an 'enigmalogist' - an investigator who specializes in...