Grade: 3 The author, Marc Petitjean, wrote this book with an interesting approach and distinct manner regarding his father’s romance with Frida Kahlo during her brief 2 months stay in Paris in 1939. He not only explains the reason his father was given Frida’s art piece “The Heart”, he also gave a description of it’s… Continue reading The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris by Marc Petitjean
Grade: 5 Mushroom Wanderland is a great book for anyone looking to get into wild mushroom foraging. The book tells readers all the ways mushrooms can be used and gives readers specifics on how to use mushrooms yourself. The lessons the book teaches include how to find mushrooms, how to harvest mushrooms, mushroom vocabulary, how to store and… Continue reading Mushroom Wanderland by Jess Starwood
The Eagles of Heart Mountain, A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America, by Bradford Pearson I was given this ARC by a bookstore owner friend who didn’t have time to work on a review, and thought I might be interested. Oh, yes, very interesting – I thought I knew… Continue reading The Eagles of Heart Mountain by Bradford Pearson
“Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.” -Alan Cumming, Not My Father’s Son Grade: 5.0 As a fan of Cumming I was excited when this book finally hit Audible because I… Continue reading Not My Father’s Son By Alan Cumming
