by envisionmg | Feb 11, 2015 | Book Awards
Best Novel This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash “A resonant new novel about a father’s efforts to rescue his young daughters by the critically-acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home.” Wolf by Mo Hayder...
by envisionmg | Feb 9, 2015 | Michelle Reviews, Non-fiction, Staff Reading
We all have in mind a sense of fairy tale: that story type and what it’s composed of, along with favorite examples. Certain names no doubt spring immediately to mind: Grimm, Anderson, Disney. You’ll encounter those familiar stories, names, and more in...
by envisionmg | Feb 4, 2015 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Non-fiction, Today In History
I normally do four events for the Today in History reading list but I just couldn’t choose this time so I did five. Check out a day full of Emperors and presidents, Samurai and various kinds of rebels. We give you one non-fiction and one fictional work to go...
by envisionmg | Jan 28, 2015 | Biography, History, Jim Reviews
Recently there has been a resurgence in interest in the character of George Smiley with the reboot of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Although Gary Oldman does a credible George Smiley, for me he’ll always look like Alec Guinness from the BBC Mini-Series that follows...
by envisionmg | Jan 23, 2015 | Biography, Discovery List, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Non-fiction, Reading Lists
SONS OF LIBERTY, the three-night, six-hour event, follows a defiant and radical group of young men–Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren–as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation. [Text...
