Synopsis: This is a non-fiction book about a fire at the Los Angeles Central Library. It is also a history of that library and of libraries in general. Review: As a lover of books and libraries, I very much enjoyed this book and found it to be very interesting and engaging. “A book feels like …
Synopsis: This is a non-fiction history book about Thomas Jefferson’s two daughters from his wife (Martha), Martha (Patsy) and Maria (Polly) and his daughter Harriet Hemings from his slave, Sally Hemings. It discusses their upbringings, their education or lack their of, and their marriages and children. After the death of her mother, Martha went with …
This book is about a cat named Dewey who became the cat of the Spencer Public Library in Spencer, Iowa. When he was only a few weeks old, he was found stuffed into the return book slot at the Spencer Public Library. He was discovered by Vicki Myron, the library director.
This book is about a rescue Pitbull named Oogy. The book starts out with the rescue of Oogy by Larry Levin in 2002. He first meets Oogy when he is putting his cat Buzzy to sleep at the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia. Oogy had been in a dog fight and was missing half an ear and had half his face covered in scar tissue. He had been used as bait for fighting dogs.
Synopsis: The next book I am choosing to review is a book by Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt. I found this book to be very inspiring and powerful. It is a book of inspirational, true stories and interviews from individuals whom have learned how to forgive in circumstances that seem almost impossible. Some of the individuals included …
Educated is a memoir about Tara Westover who grew up in the mountains of Idaho.