It’s been way too long since my last post.  I actually finished reading PIECES OF GEORGIA by Jen Bryant four nights ago, which means it took me 2 weeks to read a book that I could have finished in one day.  I saved it for bedtime reading, which meant a page or two at a [...]

With school about to begin, I have really been focusing on an overwhelming amount of “to do” lists. Shopping, shopping for others, planning, helping others plan, the list continues.  One thing that I must continue is my Lone Star List.  I am now reading PIECES OF GEORGIA: A NOVEL by Jen Bryant.  It is another [...]

  I have been watching a lot of the T.V. show Paranormal State on A&E.  My friend was telling me that her grandson talks to a ghost in his house, where someone once died. When Jack in this book, BREATHE: A GHOST STORY by Cliff McNish moves to an old farmhouse and can sense death and [...]

The year 1968 is important to me, but admittedly I don’t have a lot of memory of that time period.   The only thing I am certain about that year, is it is the year I was born.  Reading THE WEDNESDAY WARS by Gary D. Schmidt was nice for a story, but I was able to realize [...]

As I was packing for the Alaskan cruise, I made sure to include a couple of Lone Star books.  I took MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WORSE THAN MEATLOAF and BREATHE.. During the first hour of the plane ride to Seattle I read MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WORSE THAN MEATLOAF and that was the only one I completed. In a [...]