Personally, I don’t like being regulated to celebrating our freedom to read only two weeks a year. I do it every single time I buy a book, regardless – perhaps in spite of – the fact others have tried to take away this privilege. Continue reading
This book is about primarily about friendship, but its more important aspect is how children learn to cope with fear and loss: both emotional and physical. One of those ways is through creativity and imagination. Terabithia then comes to be more than an imaginary kingdom. It’s symbolic of a greater purpose.
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I’m sure many of you have heard of Google Alerts. It’s fairly versatile and has some wonderful uses. Besides setting it up to monitor my blogs and who is referencing them, I also use it to monitor issues that … Continue reading
Demons do exist. Those we imagine, and those that we struggle against when trying to maintain that sense of normalcy which is expected of us. Some demons come in the form of those who try to help us, telling us that Electric Shock Treatments, drugs, and even lobotomies are the only way to help us be free of what ails us.
But what if it is all a form of control, away to keep us all in line, to keep the status quo? Continue reading
I wonder how many of us realize that some of our readers have not claimed their own little section of Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal, etc. Here I share with you a review by a reader who does not blog in style we may be accustomed to. She is someone you may not be familiar with, but should know nonetheless. Continue reading
Not sure you are like me, but at the beginning of each year, I mark my calendar with important events so that I will not forget them. There are two items that mean a great deal to me as a … Continue reading
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. – Ray Bradbury This year I made a commitment to read ten banned/challenged books. Until now, I have not given this subject much … Continue reading