Monthly Archives: August 2015

Nora Webster

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Theresa

Nora Webster is grieving the loss of her husband. This novel, set in Ireland, is the story of that process, as the reader travels through grief with Nora and learns how to handle life in the aftermath of irreparable loss. … Continue reading →

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The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Theresa

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce My rating: 4 of 5 stars Queenie is dying of throat cancer. This is her ‘story’ that parallels the author’s novel “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.” Queenie sends Harold … Continue reading →

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Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Margaret George

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Theresa

Margaret George has written an 800+ page historical novel of the Scottish Queen and wow, she has done a fabulous job! This book kept my interest for well over 600 pages when I began to flag a little, but it … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Theresa

  Here we are already; it is late summer and the days are passing quickly!  How are your summer reading plans going? For the past ten days I have been reading Margaret George’s 800+ page biographical novel of Mary Queen … Continue reading →

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Jamaica Inn

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Theresa

“It was a cold grey day in late November. The weather had changed overnight, when a backing wind brought a granite sky and a mizzling rain with it, and although it was now only a little after two o’clock in … Continue reading →

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