August 2019 – Page 2 of 2 – scintilla.info

Book Review: Bannerless, Bannerless Saga Book 1, Carrie Vaughn Fiction: Bannerless, Carrie Vaughn In the dystopian future, being “bannerless” could mean any number of things. Many of them are not good. On the least pejorative side of the meaning, one simply has not yet earned the right to receive a banner. Banners are given when […]

World Tour Booklist: Reading Around the World How is your summer going? Any travel? At Scintilla.info, we dream of travel but most of our road trips involve visiting our three grandchildren–not that we mind doing that at all! But we do travel in our reading, and we’ve reviewed some books that take us to real […]

Quote: Dr. Seuss, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Quote: The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss   For more on Dr. Seuss, American children’s author […]

Book Review: Dogstar Rising, Parker Bilal Mystery: Dogstar Rising, Parker Bilal Detective Makana has decided to help the son of an old friend. The son is in love with a girl whose father needs some investigative work done. This inauspicious beginning leads Makana to a small travel agency and possibly to the answer for a […]

Quote: “Writing is thinking on paper. ” William Zinsser Quote: Writing is thinking on paper. William Zinsser   Also see Quote: Madeleine L’Engle on Writing Books for Children Book Review: Dreyer’s English, Benjamin Dreyer