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An enchanting collection of short stories. There are a few Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus mysteries for fans, and the last few stories are about Faye's childhood.
- Alasandra's Book Club ~ The Burnt House By Faye Kellerman
Decker and Lazarus are back along with their family and friends. Decker has 2 murders to solve. The first involves a woman, Roseanne Dresden, whose husband claims she was on a doomed plane. Problem, there is no evidence she was on the flight and when...
- American Literature
American Literature is going well. We are doing a unit on Nathanial Hawthorne. The House of the Seven Gables has been completed satisfactorily. Lesson plans can be found here. I am almost finished with The Scarlett Letter. A book review will be forthcoming....
- Alasandra's Book Club ~ Burning Chrome By William Gibson
A collection of short stories written by William Gibson. They are all rather futuristic. Some of the brave new technological worlds are down right horrifying. On a scale of 1-10, I'll give it a 5. ...
- Alasandra's Book Club ~ The Blight Way
Patrick F. McManus is one of my family's favourite authors. His usual genre is short humorous stories about hunting or fishing with his buddies, or the childhood scrapes he got into with his friends. So when he wrote a murder mystery I was eager to...
- Alasandra's Book Club - The Bible According To Mark Twain
Book # 2 in the Winter Reading Challenge (No, I haven't read book #1 yet). This is a great book. It contains unpublished manuscripts, short stories that were published in magazines, and some unfinished manuscripts (how rude of Twain to die before...
Animals
Alasandra's Book Club ~ The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights by Faye Kellerman
An enchanting collection of short stories. There are a few Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus mysteries for fans, and the last few stories are about Faye's childhood.
- Alasandra's Book Club ~ The Burnt House By Faye Kellerman
Decker and Lazarus are back along with their family and friends. Decker has 2 murders to solve. The first involves a woman, Roseanne Dresden, whose husband claims she was on a doomed plane. Problem, there is no evidence she was on the flight and when...
- American Literature
American Literature is going well. We are doing a unit on Nathanial Hawthorne. The House of the Seven Gables has been completed satisfactorily. Lesson plans can be found here. I am almost finished with The Scarlett Letter. A book review will be forthcoming....
- Alasandra's Book Club ~ Burning Chrome By William Gibson
A collection of short stories written by William Gibson. They are all rather futuristic. Some of the brave new technological worlds are down right horrifying. On a scale of 1-10, I'll give it a 5. ...
- Alasandra's Book Club ~ The Blight Way
Patrick F. McManus is one of my family's favourite authors. His usual genre is short humorous stories about hunting or fishing with his buddies, or the childhood scrapes he got into with his friends. So when he wrote a murder mystery I was eager to...
- Alasandra's Book Club - The Bible According To Mark Twain
Book # 2 in the Winter Reading Challenge (No, I haven't read book #1 yet). This is a great book. It contains unpublished manuscripts, short stories that were published in magazines, and some unfinished manuscripts (how rude of Twain to die before...