Exercise those Hand Muscles with Play Clay Mats!

8:16:00 pm
When was the last time you tried to write something, with a pen or pencil? Did it feel harder than you expected it to be? If so, then you are just one of...

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Z is for Dr. Zhivago

9:32:00 pm
Sometimes a story has the ability to teach us about a country, an uprising, a revolution. Dr. Zhivago is one such book by Boris Pasternak, that takes you on a journey through the...

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Y is for The Yearling

8:26:00 pm
The Yearling is a book that gets down to the very basic needs of a person – food, water, love and companionship. In a world dominated by social media likes and debates on...

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X is for Xala

4:46:00 pm
Finding an entry for X is never easy in an A to Z Challenge! It was the same this time too, and I’ve finally settled upon Xala, a novel translated from French, written...

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W is for Wuthering Heights

12:57:00 pm
Sometimes you come across a book that just consumes you. You start reading, and before you know it, you are inside it, living with the characters, feeling their pain and praying for them....

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V is for Vanity Fair

5:45:00 am
In most stories, there are some elements that you can’t do without. A protagonist, an antagonist, lots of supporting characters and of course, a story line. However, in William M. Thackeray’s Vanity Fair,...

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U is for Uncle Silas

10:25:00 pm
When I talked about Frankenstein, I talked about how horror isn’t my thing. However, thrillers are, and I love a good mystery any day! I do enjoy my Michael Connellys and Robin Cooks,...

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T is for To Kill a Mockingbird

4:43:00 pm
We’ve come a long way in the A to Z Challenge! With the exception of J. D. Salinger and Graham Greene, every author I’ve featured lived in an era completely different from ours....

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S is for The Secret Garden

10:26:00 pm
A sullen, lonely, spoilt brat of a girl is suddenly orphaned and transported to a different country, to a house she's never heard of and among people she's never met. As ten year...

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R is for The Railway Children

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I often feel that there are many novels written about ships and seafaring adventures, but not as many about the railway. Maybe that’s one reason I liked The Railway Children so much! This...

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Q is for The Quiet American

12:24:00 pm
There’s no doubt that we live in a world ridden with conflict. It’s there between nations, between communities and religions. We all have certain views about every issue, and it’s all based on...

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P is for Pride and Prejudice

9:45:00 pm
This book has been made into so many movies, I wonder if there’s anyone who doesn’t know the story! Jane Austen’s novel about growing up, falling in love, misunderstandings, marriage, class and everything...

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O is for Oliver Twist

3:08:00 pm
So I’m back with another Dickens novel right after Nicholas Nickleby – that’s two back to back! However today’s book is probably the diametric opposite of yesterday’s book. They’re both named after their...

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N is for Nicholas Nickleby

12:18:00 pm
I think I can safely say that after A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby is my favorite Dickens novel! I thoroughly enjoyed this one, although I wasn’t sure I would. Just goes on to...

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