There’s a Wolf at the Door: Five Classic Tales Retold by Zoe B. Alley, Illustrated by R.W. Alley

There’s a Wolf at the Door: Five Classic Tales Retold by Zoe B. Alley and illustrated by R.W. Alley is the cutest little graphic novel.  Okay, I lie.  The book is something like 12×18 inches.  Huge.  I call it little because it’s for little people, around ages four to eight.  There’s a Wolf at the [...]

Far World, Water Keep by J. Scott Savage and a Giveaway

What can I say about Far World, Water Keep by J. Scott Savage that those of you who are big blog browsers haven’t already heard?  Because seriously, he has got to be one of the smartest marketers I know, and also one of the tiredest.  Who doesn’t love him?  Everybody is reading his book and [...]

Quotes from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Read my book review of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho here.  There are a lot of great quotes from The Alchemist, too many in fact, so they deserved their own post.
So here you go:
 . . . every blessing ignored becomes a curse.  I don’t want anything else in life.  But you are forcing me to [...]

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and a Confession

I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho for my neighborhood book club and to tell you the truth, I’m glad it was chosen because I don’t think I would have picked it up otherwise.  When I first opened it up and glanced through the blurbs, I groaned because three of those blurbs mentioned how it [...]

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

The full title of The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry is The Willoughbys, A Novel, Nefariously Written & Ignominiously Illustrated by the Author.  So of course, I had to look up the words nefariously and ignominiously.  Did I turn to the good ‘ol Websters?  Nope.  Just turned to the back where Lois Lowry has a really [...]