Really wanted to give this a better rating, but couldn't. Fletcher goes on and on and on....okay, the first time we read all about a bee and it's uniqueness is fine, but when everything is described in such minute detail that the book is well past the first 100 or so pages before we even start to...
"Oystercatchers" is one of my all-time favorite books and it has captivated me again and again ever since I was around sixteen. That book helped me grow up - of course, I was at first more interested in the youth of the main character Moira, but re-reading it later I was more fascinated by the gr...
I did not have a clue what to expect from this book when I read it, and I was pleasantly surprised. I loved Susan Fletcher's writing. I listened to it as an audio book, and I really felt like I was in the Scottish Highlands as I listened. The book is based on actual fictional events, and all the ...
Not just that you learn from stories, though that can happen, too. But even deeper: Could it be that, by choosing certain stories, you draw to yourself the happenings inside them? So that your life begins to echo your stories? Ashraf gripped my arm and pulled me down the hallway toward the stairs...
The Tenth Falcon Renzo’s heart hurt. He wanted to stop right there in the street and press both of his hands against it. He wanted to let his knees fold, sit back on the paving stones, and curl up like a sleeping bird. Just breathe there for a while. See if that would ease the pain. But he did no...