Jacksprat Gets Lost in Fiction

I love stories that place in France whether it is historical or contemporary.  France is so beautiful and full of history.  I went there once when my sister was taking semester in Aix en Provence and spent spring break there.  I have a fantasy of going to France with my sister or one of my close friends, and backpacking across Europe. Books I Have that Take Place in France Les Miserables By: Victor Hugo Sarah's Key By: Tatiana de Rosnay The Paris Letters By: Janice MacLeod All the Light we Cannot See By: Anthony Doerr Revolution By: Jennifer Donnelly A Tale of Two Cities (half of the book is set in France) By: Charles Dickens Scarlet By: Marissa Meyer (second book in The Lunar Chronicles) Dragonfly in Amber By: Diana Gabaldon (second book in the Outlander series) The Paris Wife By: Paula McClain Paris by: Edward Rutherfurd A Good Year By: Peter Mayle Movies I Have Seen that Take Place in France Phantom of the Opera Les Miserables Ratatouille P...

NON-Fictions I Want to Read John Adams by: David McCullough Writing is my Drink by: Theo Pauline Nestor Amelia: A Life of the Aviation Legend by: Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon Storm Against the Innocents: Holocaust Memories and Other Stories by Elly Gross, nee Berkovits The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook by: Deborah Bray Haddock, M.Ed., M.A., L.P. Psychoanalysis and Woman a Reader edited by Shelley Saguaro Painfully Shy: How to Overcome Social Anxiety and Reclaim Your Life by: Barbara G. Markway, Ph.D., and Gregory P. Parkway, Ph.D. Beautiful Stranger: The Ghost of Kate Morgan and the Hotel Del Coronado A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by: Therese Anne Fowler 1776 by: David McCullough Amelia Earhart: Last Flight  20 Hrs., 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship Schroder by: Amity Gaige Letter from Amelia: An Intimate Portrait of Amelia Earhart By: Jean L. Backus Walt Disney's Snow and the Seven Dwarfs: An Art in the Making Now Showing Unforgettabl...

This was a good reading month, but not spectacular.  I actually haven't had spectacular reading months, but I have had a few really great reads.   Title                                                                                              Star Rating Mrs. Houdini   By: Victoria Kelly                                            ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars Above   By: Marissa Meyer                                             ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Hauntings of Williamsburg, Yorktown,               ...

Top 5 Nostalgic Book Boyfriends 1.      Jace from The Mortal Instruments by Casandra Clare.   I was totally team Clace when I first got a hold of The Mortal Instruments and I thought Jace was so sexy, but as I have gotten older I have realized Jace has a lot of character flaws I couldn’t deal with.   Simon Lewis is more my type, but I loved the broody guy, still do.   I think, because I have always been a sucker for stories where a girl has influenced a bad boy to change. 2.      I was so team Edward Cullen over Jacob, who in my mind was too immature.   I was like a lot of young readers and went through the Vampire phase.   Again, as I got older I realized Edward isn’t that great, and actually Jake isn’t either.   Both are controlling and possessive of Bella, of course Bella isn’t that great of a heroine either. 3.      Harry Potter from Harry Potter.   When I first read this series, I ...

Top 5 Problematic Favorites These are characters I don’t want to love, but can’t help but do.   Top five Wednesday is a Goodreads group that was created by Ginger Reads Lainey and is currently run by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes.   I tried my best on this topic, but I don’t know if I did it right.   Just like the other topic, I wanted to do, so I tried my best.   I will film a video for this tomorrow when I get home from work.   Time got away from me and I was thinking about how my dad was going to take me to BAM, so I could get some X-mas shopping down and buy The Lunar Chronicles.   Here are the links to the Goodreads group for topics if you want to participate and the link to Sam’s account: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/118368-top-5-wednesday and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpnjp7mgeQGdtesz5v6xY_A 1.      Scarlet O’Hara from Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.   Scarlet is a selfish, vain, spoiled brat who ...

~Love 1776, a musical about the decision of independence in America. ~The film version stars William Daniels, from Boy Meets World, as John Adams. ~It is very witty and has catchy songs ~But it has long scenes of dialogue that can dry and boring. ~It's a fun history lesson.