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Spell the Month in Books is hosted by Reviews From the Stacks and occurs on the second Saturday of each month or maybe a bit later!  Here ...

Seven of my nineteen February books were rereads, a much higher percentage than usual; indicating some comfort reading, I suppose. Sometimes...

Title : Child Life Mystery-Adventure Book Author : Compiled by Marjorie Barrows and Frances Cavanah Publication : Rand McNally & Compan...

I have been reading a lot of Constance Savery for a project and her prolific body of work includes a wide variety of juvenile fiction, inclu...

This is a little late - I got distracted by choosing my end-of-year favorites .  The first two below were the books I liked best this month....

Fiction The Proper Place by O. Douglas (1926): After Sir Walter dies, his family is forced to sell the family estate and move to a modest h...

Title : Emeralds for the King (American title) Author : Constance Savery Illustrator : Victor Dowling Publication : Longmans, Green & Co...

I got a lot of reading done in September considering I was away for more than two weeks. This may be why my suitcase hasn’t made it back up ...

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Taking on a World of Words . The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish readi...

July was full of a variety of books and yet I have barely made a dent in my library books or other TBR piles. How is your summer reading goi...

Title : Enemy Brothers: A Story of World War II Author : Constance Savery Publication : Bethlehem Books , paperback, 2001 (originally publis...

May was a good reading month with several 5-star reads, including a few books I have not had time to review:

Title : The Reb and the Redcoats Author : Constance Savery Publication : Bethlehem Books, paperback, 1999 (originally published in 1961) Gen...