A Spool of Blue Thread: Book Review by Arlene
” FAMILIES ARE LIKE QUILTS
LIVES PIECED TOGETHER
STITCHED WITH SMILES AND TEARS
COLORED WITH MEMORIES
AND BOUND BY
LOVE.”
These are the words on a plaque I have had hanging in my kitchen for many many years. I believe all families, large and small, could say truer words were never spoken. Continue reading “A Spool of Blue Thread Book Review”
Please put your comments for A Spool of Blue Thread Book Club Discussion Questions in the comment section below.
1. A Spool of Blue Thread focuses on the three generations of the Whitshanks and their stories. There are many themes that pop up such sibling rivalry, love, death, etc. Which theme had the biggest impact on you? Continue reading “A Spool of Blue Thread Book Club Discussion Questions”
Voyager: Book Review by Dinh.
Summary:
In Dragonfly in Amber, the second book of the Outlander series, we left off with Claire telling Brianna Randall who her real father was and Claire’s adventures as she time traveled to 1745. In Voyager, the 3rd book of the Outlander series we follow Claire and Brianna as they piece together what happened to Jamie Fraser at the battle at Culloden moor. Continue reading “Voyager Book Review”
Book Review by Dinh
The story is set in Sussex, England. An older man returns to his childhood home town for a funeral. He goes down to a lane and he remembers when he was 7 years old and how he meet his friend Lettie Hempstock and how she protected and saved him from a strange monster.
Lettie Hempstock was a friend that protected him no matter what. Continue reading “The Ocean At The End Of The Lane Book Review”
The Sign Of The Four: Book Review by Dinh.
Mary Morstan’s father mysteriously disappears and a few years later there is an advert asking for Ms. Morstan’s address. Ms. Morstan decides to reveal her address and is then sent a valuable pearl.
Ms. Morstan consults Sherlock with these facts and he and Watson set to solve this case. Who sent her the pearl and why? What happened to Ms. Morstan’s father? Continue reading “The Sign Of The Four Book Review”
Please join us in reading our pick of the month book A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler.
We will be reviewing A Spool of Blue Thread along with our monthly book club discussion questions for August 31st, 2016.
Anne Tyler is a New York Times Bestseller and A Spool of Blue Thread was nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2015. Continue reading “A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler”
Inferno: Book Review by Arlene.
Professor Robert Langdon wakes up in a hospital in Florence, Italy and does not how he got there. He has amnesia. The last few days is a total blank.
Doctor Sienna Brooks is taking care of Langdon when a female assassin tries to kill him. With the help of the Sienna, Langdon escapes the assassination attempt. Both flee the hospital and get to safety at Sienna’s apartment. Continue reading “Inferno Book Review”
Please put your comments for Inferno book club discussion questions in the comments area below.
2. What did you enjoy the most in the story?
3. The novel is based on the masterpiece The Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri, did it inspire you to want to read this famous work?
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The Fishermen: Book Review by Dinh
Here’s the video book review of The Fishermen that I made. You can read the written review by scrolling down or click play to watch the video. Enjoy!
Set in in Akure, West Nigeria, it is a tale of four brothers (Ikenna, Boja, Obembe, and Benjamin) who begin fishing in the Omi Ala river when their strict father gets a job transfer to Yola, and is not around to keep an eye on them.
One day, the brothers meet Abulu the madman at the river Omi-Ala. Abulu prophetize that Ikenna is going to be killed by a fisherman. Continue reading “The Fishermen Book Review”
