Marie Antoninette:"Madam Deficit"

     Marie Antoinette by Liz Hockinson

     I don't like non-fiction.  Did I mention that before?  Anyway, when looking at books, I sometimes judge them by the cover.  This looks pretty elementary.  But look carefully, not many elementary books have blood stains and a guillotine on the cover.  When you open to the middle of the book, there are lots of pictures!  So I pulled it from the shelf and was carried back in history to France, where I learned about a queen that I have heard mentioned on a TV show.  Don't just hate it when someone is mentioned and you don't know who it is?

As the biography unfolds, modern pictures, old paintings and other artifacts tell what life was like during Marie's time. I highly recommend this book. 

AR reading level 6.8  

P.S.  I will have Cleopatra, , Mary Tudor and the other Thinking Girl's Treasury of Dastardly Dames on my next purchase list!

Wow! It has been a Year!!!!

I can't believe it!  I haven't fallen off the edge of the world!  But I have been reading, just not the writing part.  I guess that it is time to do that again.

Let's start with what I'm reading now, and then I will start adding my Summer of 2013 list of books.

Kennedy's Last Days 

            When Mr. Harrigan saw this on the shelf, he said that I really needed to read this.  I'll admit, I'm not a non-fiction fan, and I'm definitely not into politics.  However, I've always been interested in the Kennedy assassination.  So, I just had to read it.    

            This book is made for students in the middle grades, and it explains  everything that was happening at that time and how they connected together.  This book has everything--black and white photos, Primary Documents (try reading the hand written notes on the inside back cover), timelines, quotes, life in the 1960's, etc.  If you are interested in more information Mr. O'Reilly has other resources for you to peruse (read carefully)!

            I hope to finish it this weekend, and it will be available soon!