by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog, Book Review
This book may not appeal to everyone. The first chapter made me wonder how on earth it won the Newbery. Second chapter, more of the same. By the third chapter, I was mezmerized. Reading this book was like being immersed in a beautiful flowing stream of...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 19, 2014 | Blog
Fiela’s Child by Dalene Mathee moved me as only a few books do. I’ve enclosed the snyopsis from Dalene Matthee’s website (though the author passed away in 2005) because once I’d read this, I knew I couldn’t summarize it better. It’s...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 11, 2014 | Blog, Book Review
Overview from Barnes and Noble: kira-kira (kee ra kee ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That’s how Katie Takeshima’s sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog
Cry, The Beloved Country is a book that has been on my to-read list since I first started doing intense research about South Africa a few years ago. I finally listened to the unabridged version on CD and finished it yesterday. Part of my hesitation, I guess, is that...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 7, 2014 | Blog
I have a fond memory of drinking parsley tea at ten years of age during a close-down-the school-in-Iowa blizzard. These kinds of memories are what inspired the beginning of the book I’m working on (working title: Who the Frack is Maddie Jackson?). Back on that...
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