Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews

  Dear Bookish Friends, Oh how I have missed you all. It has been a very a very trying few weeks health wise, and I am daring to hope that I...

Sarah Plain and Tall by P.J. Lynch "I shook my head, turning the white stone over and over in my hand. I wished everything was as perf...

"  I discovered that one could write one's own story,  which is  something that very few people even consider ." In 1998 I bui...

  I read my first Richard Peck novel, the one reviewed below, in 2000, and I have been a fan of his work ever since. This novel A Long Way f...

Dear Friends,  Happy April and happy Poetry Month.    When I was little, my father used to read to me. He had such a beautiful reading-aloud...

  "In the spring all the little flowers came out obediently in the meads, and the dew sparkled, and the birds sang; in the summer it wa...

I f you are a Beaumont - by blood mind you - you know that after you turn thirteen it is certain that you will develop a magical ability, a ...

  This morning we got our first real snow of the season, and just by chance this book found its way onto my desk. How appropriate it is that...

Before I moved to the U.S some eighteen years ago, (was it really that long ago?) I did not know much about Amelia Earhart. Then I worked in...

We have had some very hot days here in Ashland this summer. The Fourth of July was blistering, and during the day I frequently found myself ...

Last month I reviewed The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. The book delighted and intrigued me. Indeed it is one of the best...

I recently read a book that I was not, I have to admit, keen on reading. I read the blurb, and the subject matter sounded so grim that I kep...

I want to share a review with you that I wrote about a splendid book published by Tilbury house. It is called Give a Goat and it takes a lo...

I just read and reviewed a book by Roland Smith called I, Q. It is the first title in a new series and if you are acquainted with some young...

Just to get you all into a Christmassy mood I have reviewed a splendid dog book called What dogs want for Christmas by Kandy Radzinski. You...

Not long ago I read and reviewed Masterpiece by Elise Broach. It is a terrific book for young readers and you can read my review here. I w...

Welcome to day one of the This is the feast book blog. To kick off this tour I would like to begin with my review: This is the feast Diane ...

For the next three days I am going to be featuring the book Amadi's Snowman, which was written by Katia Novet Saint-Lot Let's begin...