Ellie@Home by Nicole Kapise-Perkins

Moving along with my summer reading, I have finished more than I expected in this short time...I may even be able to finish my list AND read more! I have not been able to post as regularly as I had hoped due to connectivity issues, but that just means you get more reviews with each post! Carrying on:         Eloquent, descriptive, Autumn is an excellent collection of essays, a few not necessarily to my liking, but the overall value of Knausgard's writing is undeniable as he presents readers with small pieces of an everyday life.   Too much of American history omits the lives of women involved in the making of this country. Lucy Flucker Knox did not play an active part in the Revolution, but her devotion to and support of her husband, the celebrated General Henry Knox resulted in one of the most successful Revolutionary-era marriages. Peggy Shippen Arnold may be more known as the wife that aided her traitor husband Benedict Arnold (I had once r...

My summer reading is going swimmingly; I haven't enjoyed just curling up in my corner of the couch and losing myself in a story this much in ages. I am probably appreciating it more lately because I had so little time to enjoy reading before.    The order of the books got a little mixed up from my original post as I had to order four of them. They have all arrived, but of course the first one I had planned to read was the last to arrive. Here are my reviews, in the order that I read the books: I read this one twice, I enjoyed it so much. Simone Muench's poetry is elusive, it makes the reader form images in the mind that the words only hint at. There is the promise of magic, of sensuality, and grief. This isn't what may be considered "traditional" poetry (what exactly is that?): there are no rhyming couplets, there is no rhythm to the writing style, and that is where it's evocative power lies. Read this. I will be buying myself a copy, I enjoyed it so mu...