by Christine Eaton | Feb 23, 2018 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
To be completely honest, I picked up this book because I liked the cover. I know the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but I admit I can’t help myself sometimes. The blue and pink illustrations on the front intrigued me, and the story intrigued me even more....
by Christine Eaton | Jan 17, 2018 | Poetry
A dirty yellow dress Grass-stained stockings Messy, curly hair Sat among the wildflowers With a broken heart in bloom. Love was her middle name And how well it fit. She loved so deeply And how deeply it stung her And how deeply it blessed her. She smiled as she...
by Christine Eaton | Jul 26, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
In S. D. Smith’s The Green Ember series, rabbits walk on two feet, wear clothes, and carry swords, and each page urges you to keep reading. The main characters, Picket and Heather, are two young rabbit siblings whose father once told them legends of King Jupiter, but...
by Christine Eaton | May 19, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
Some books that start out bitter end up being the sweetest of all. C.S. Lewis’s The Last Battle lacks the charm, magic, and wonder the preceding stories possessed. An unsettling gloom lurks over the land as the story opens with two of the few talking animals left in...
by Christine Eaton | May 5, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
“Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?” The perplexity of this newspaper ad catches the attention of a boy named Reynie Muldoon, who is indeed gifted and yearns to achieve purpose outside the walls of Stonetown Orphanage. Upon responding to the ad,...
