Chicago Skyline
No, the picture has nothing to do with the topic. I just popped it in for John Scalzi, since he's there this week-end, and since Paint Shop Pro is such fun to play with.
As long as we're on the topic of books, let me recommend Witch Child by Celia Rees, which I read yesterday as part of my search for appropriate summer reading for next year's 8th grade American History class -- a new challenge for me. As a young adult novel, it's a quick read for an old fogie, and it's fascinating! Having been raised by a woman she considers a grandmother and having seen her tortured and executed as a witch, our young heroine is provided passage to America with a group of Pilgrims in 1659. Her fear of being exposed as a witch herself is ever with her as she endures a suffocating voyage to the New World and a new life bound by the rigid strictures of Puritan society. Native Americans appear as knowledgeable friends and healers, scorned by the community whose very existence they preserve. It's a great read, and there's a sequel!
Walked: 3 miles.
2 comments:
Love the picture and the book sounds great. I'll have to tell Laura about it, it's right up her alley.
I don't get to read much lately but the book sounds interesting.
I get tons of free newspapers from the library and that keeps me well informed for sure!
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