Monday, November 28, 2011

The Destiny of the Republic
By
Candice Millard
A download from the city library to my e-reader
This book is about President Garfield and the many new inventions and famous people of the day. (late 1880's)

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Beatrix Potter's Journal
By Beatrix Potter
Between the age 15 and 30 Beatrix Potter kept a secret diary written in code.
The code was cracked 20 years after her death, the diary revealed a remarkable picture of upper middle class life in late Victorian Britain.
Beatrix Potter 1866--1943
This was a download to my Nook reader from the city library.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Moon Over Manifest
By Clare Vanderpool
Abilene Tucker is the daughter of a drifter who, in the summer of 1936, sends her to stay with an old friend in Manifest Kansas where he grew up, and she hopes to find out somethings about his past.
A download to e-reader from city library.
Good book to read,I enjoyed it very much.

Monday, November 7, 2011

The Wedding Quilt
New Book by Jennifer Chiaverini
I was happy to see the new Elm Creek Quilt book out. These are many of her other books. This one starts 25 years later.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Anne Frank
The Definitive Edition

This book came from the book sell at the library. I have read some stories about Anne Frank that her father selected to publish.
After Otto Franks death in 1980 and expanded edition was published to give the reader more insight into the world of Anne Frank.