Posts about books, reading, and literature.
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'A Study in Scarlet' introduces Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they solve a baffling murder in Victorian London using revolutionary methods of observation and deduction, launching the world's most famous detective.
It is the thirty-second book in the Asterix series. A collection of short stories that fill gaps in the series with fresh jokes and adventures.
George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a sharp satirical novella where farm animals rebel against their human farmer, Mr. Jones, to create a society based on equality.
Pierre Boulle’s The Bridge on the River Kwai follows British POWs in a Japanese camp during World War II, forced to build a vital railway bridge.
Cornelius Ryan’s A Bridge Too Far recounts Operation Market Garden, a bold 1944 Allied plan to capture bridges in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and end World War II quickly.
Cornelius Ryan’s The Longest Day chronicles D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, through the eyes of soldiers, civilians, and leaders.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'West from Home' is a collection of letters she wrote to Almanzo during her visit to San Francisco in 1915. It shows Laura seeing the big city and the World's Fair for the first time.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'On the Way Home' is her diary of the journey from South Dakota to Missouri with Almanzo and Rose. It shows the family looking for a new place to settle and start fresh.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'The First Four Years' tells the story of Laura and Almanzo's first years of marriage on their Dakota homestead. It shows the struggles of farming and the hardships they face together.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'These Happy Golden Years' tells the story of Laura teaching school and being courted by Almanzo Wilder. It shows the happy years before they get married and start their own life together.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little Town on the Prairie' tells the story of Laura growing up in the town of De Smet. It shows her working to help pay for Mary's college and studying to become a teacher.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'The Long Winter' tells the story of the Ingalls family surviving seven months of blizzards in Dakota Territory. It shows how the whole town nearly starves and how two brave boys save everyone.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'By the Shores of Silver Lake' tells the story of the Ingalls family moving to Dakota Territory. It shows Laura taking on more responsibility as the family starts a new chapter on the wide open prairie.
It is the thirty-first book in the Asterix series. Asterix and Obelix share a birthday. Their mothers visit and try to find them wives.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'On the Banks of Plum Creek' tells the story of the Ingalls family settling near a creek in Minnesota. It shows Laura going to school for the first time and facing grasshopper plagues.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House on the Prairie' tells the story of the Ingalls family leaving Wisconsin to start a new life on the Kansas prairie. It shows the excitement and danger of building a home in the wilderness.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Farmer Boy' tells the story of Almanzo Wilder growing up on a big farm in New York State. It shows the hard work, good food, and exciting adventures of a boy who loves horses.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House in the Big Woods' tells the story of a little girl named Laura who lives with her family in a log cabin deep in the Wisconsin woods. It shows their fun daily life, food, and adventures long ago.
The Last Battle concludes Narnia as deception leads to its end, with King Tirian fighting a false Aslan.
It is the thirtieth book in the Asterix series. Obelix turns to stone after drinking too much magic potion. The Gauls sail to Atlantis to find a cure.
In The Silver Chair, Eustace and Jill embark on a quest to find Caspian’s lost son, guided by Aslan’s signs through Narnia’s underworld.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader sends Caspian, Edmund, Lucy, and cousin Eustace sailing east to find lost lords and reach Aslan’s country.
It is the twenty-ninth book in the Asterix series. The Romans send female soldiers to fight the Gauls. The village men refuse to hit women.
In Prince Caspian, the Pevensie siblings return to Narnia to help young Prince Caspian reclaim his throne from his usurping uncle.
It is the twenty-eighth book in the Asterix series. A fakir arrives on a flying carpet. He needs rain from Getafix to save his land from drought.