by applewooddollhospital | Feb 20, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Thomas More I wasn’t sure what to expect when reading this book. I’d read it was a satire and then the guy who wrote the introduction to the version I was reading insisted it wasn’t...
by applewooddollhospital | Nov 8, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by GK Chesterton This book is a collection of about 44 essays on subjects ranging from the common man to necromancy to Elizabeth Barrett Browning to nudism to match making historical figures and how they’re getting together may have changed history. Needless to...
by applewooddollhospital | Jul 26, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Robert Louis Stevenson The novel opens with the murder of a man by a black arrow. A letter is later found attached to a door that informed the reader that more men were marked for the black arrows – a powerful and crafty knight named Sir Daniel...
by applewooddollhospital | Jun 29, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by E. Nesbit I came across this author, E. Nesbit, on a list of suggested reading by the woman who designed the curriculum I’m using this year. She’s got excellent taste and my daughter, always devouring books, is in need of some new reading material. We’re using it...
by applewooddollhospital | Jun 15, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Kenneth Graham For the kids, this started a bit slow. As an adult who loves beautiful language, I loved it from the first word. This book followed the adventures of Rat,...