Even though I tote around the Steamboat Horse logo with pride, and am a Wyoming girl through and through, I made my first trip to Ft. Laramie just this summer. I brought my three munchkins along, worrying every minute beforehand that they would be bored and I would get nothing accomplished for the research of… Continue reading Research trip to Ft. Laramie
Tag: Historical Fiction
Review of All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a great fiction book on WWII. It describes a boy, Werner, growing up in Germany and a French girl, Marie-Laure, who is blind. The book leads to the point in time in which they meet. The boy struggles… Continue reading Review of All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Review of The Book Thief By Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak My rating: 5 of 5 stars Who could not like a book written by Death (aka Grim Reaper)? That being said, this is NOT a dark book. Death is the main character who meets everyone at least once in their life, so he is the perfect storyteller. He never… Continue reading Review of The Book Thief By Markus Zusak