Blythewood: The power of a chime child Blythewood by Carol Goodman is the story of a young woman named Avaline Hall in early 20th century New York, who begins by working as a seamstress in a hat factory, an orphaned girl who never knew her father, and whose beloved mother recently passed away. She is…
Month: March 2014
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld: A willing death row inmate and his magic golden horses
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld: A willing death row inmate and his magic golden horses Most men on death row, no matter how despicable their crimes, still wish to be pardoned, to be cured of the monster in them that compels them to commit their despicable crimes. York wishes to die, not because he deserves…
The Shining: A hotel’s guardians and restless dead, and the power of a little boy’s mind
The Shining: A hotel’s guardians and restless dead, and the power of a little boy’s mind Some readers may be tempted to brush off reading this book for the first time, as a prelude to reading Stephen King’s new sequel, Doctor Sleep, because they have already seen the movie. That would be a huge mistake,…
A Cupcake and a Book 