I do not remember not reading and an author that sticks out as a reason for that is Katherine Paterson. Her book, The Master Puppeteer was a favorite. Eighteenth century Osaka and the world of puppeteers comes to life on its pages. As an adult, books like Bread and Roses, Too; The Same Stuff as Stars and The Flint Heart made it into my readings. And, while I had seen it before a few days ago, My Brigadista Year finally found its way too. Lora, […]
Just Shows that Chivalry Doesn’t Benefit Women
Parzival is a young naive boy who is brought up by his mother as far away from knighthood and chivalry as she can control. Until he runs into three knights on the road and decided he too wants to become a knight. We learn that his mother recognizes the dangers of chivalry and how violent it is. Interestingly enough, chivalry is what brings Parzival to near ruin. He’s too polite and doesn’t ask an important question. I can’t say much more about the plot of Parzival […]
Bridging Friendship
The Bridge to Terebithia is another book I’ve never read before. And while it’s a YA book, and a young YA novel at that, it was still an all around good story. A girl moves in next door to a family that’s struggling to make ends me rural Maryland/Virginia. The girl and her family are wealthy but are looking to get away from the rat-race of D.C. The boy and girl soon become friends, although the boy was reluctant to be her friend because they’re […]