by envisionmg | Jun 30, 2016 | Rachel Reviews
Done right, book adaptations are one of my favorite things to read. What’s not to love about revisiting favorite characters in a different setting, or with different life experiences, or even just at different ages? Although breathing life into original characters is...
by envisionmg | Jun 28, 2016 | History, Jim Reviews
I have a thing for the Medici. At least I have a thing for the first few Medici. Once you get to Lorenzo the Magnificent the family takes a sharp turn down hill. However Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici, Cosimo de Medici (I have a picture of him next to my desk and...
by envisionmg | Jun 23, 2016 | Mystery, Tracy Reviews
I can’t recall how I first heard about this book, but I will admit that one of my favorite authors, Jodi Picoult’s quoted recommendation on the front cover, calling the book, “Provocative, evocative, fresh, Guskin’s book is an explosive...
by envisionmg | Jun 15, 2016 | History, Jim Reviews
If you ask most people what caused the American Revolution you would get some basic answer like “no taxation without representation,” stamps, or tea. We all have little niggling memories from school of being told, but can’t quite give a coherent...
by envisionmg | Jun 9, 2016 | Reading Intersections
The mouth of this particular rabbit hole gaped wider with each page turned in Holt’s Rise of the Rocket Girls. The book’s tight focus follows several women as their computer skills helped make space flight possible, but the shutter opens to reveal a good...
