April 2019 – Page 2 of 2 – scintilla.info
smeuse: “A gap in the base of a hedge made by the regular passage of a small animal.” Smeuse Driving slowly near my home, I surprised a woodchuck standing in the road. It was in no danger from me But I suspect the poor beastie did not Share my confidence In its security. With […]
Book Review: Landmarks, Robert MacFarlane Nonfiction: Landmarks, Robert MacFarlane I have read books that deeply affected me, books that I believe changed the way I saw the world, that gave me insight into myself or society, that taught me new words and concepts and facts. Landmarks by Robert MacFarlane did all of that for […]
Book Review: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, Sue Halpern Fiction: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, Sue Halpern Summer Hours at the Robbers Library is an unexpectedly sweet and poignant story of a family of friends drawn together by accident and need. Kit is the reference librarian at the Robinton, NH public […]
Book Review: When My Brother Was an Aztec, Natalie Diaz Poetry: When My Brother Was an Aztec, Natalie Diaz The first line to the titular poem says, “he lived in our basement and sacrificed my parents / every morning. It was awful. Unforgivable. But they kept coming / back for more. They loved him, was […]
Book Review: The Library Book, Susan Orlean Nonfiction: The Library Book, Susan Orlean I read The Library Book without knowing a lot about it. For instance, I had no idea that author Susan Orlean was such a wonderful observer of humanity. She describes a patron in “one of the carrels in history, a man in […]
Book Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire Book 2 in the Wayward Children series Fiction: Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire Book 2 in the Wayward Children series Normally I avoid reading a series out of sequence, although I seem to be doing that with frustrating regularity in recent […]
Book Review: Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird, Katie Fallon Nonfiction Natural Sciences: Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird, Katie Fallon “A turkey vulture is a perfect creature.” The opening line of the main text captures the entire premise of the book. The subtitle to Vulture is a bit misleading: […]
One Year! No Fooling! April of 2018 was the first post of Scintilla.Info. Here is a link to that blast from our past… http://scintilla.info/2018/04/01/books-to-laugh-out-loud-with-your-children/ In the last year we have reviewed almost 200 books, posted some fun recipes and tea time suggestions, tweeted 1300 times, and had an absolute blast! We visited […]