reviews

Little House on the Prairie: A Classic That Remains Cozy and Heartfelt  Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder My childhood days spent in a cozy perfect bubble doing handwriting classes at the big, polished dining room table with my mother and looking at our two special azaleas bringing in the verdure of spring were accompanied by many books and many happy memories. All of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and the Rose books were read through, re-read and cherished during these years, marking a sacred mother/daughter occasion and a memory that brings peace to me years later. So, when I saw a big [...]

A Memoir of Warmth and Love of Life Author: James Herriot  The warm and loving memoirs of an animal doctor during the 30s and 40s, All Creatures Great and Small is a surprising package of comedy, warmth, sympathy, growing up, career woes and successes, love, and most importantly of all: the joy of new life and the companionable spirit of animals. James starts the memoir with his exit from vet school, full of hopes in a bad economy and the idealisms and terrors of youth. His first interview with the eccentric Dales vet Siegfried Farnon provides a job, a home, and a host of [...]

You're ruining my life! Author: Elizabeth Little Being a teenager is a bitch. We all know it, but most of us try to forget it as we grow up and move on from all those angsty raging hormones and certainty that our lives are being ruined – RUINED – by one or both of our parents. Unfortunately for some fictional characters, moving on is tough because you get convicted of murdering your mother at the age of 16. I told you being a teenager is a bitch. Elizabeth Little’s first novel (she is the author of two non-fiction books), Dear [...]