Category Archives: BOOK/FILM REVIEWS

CHARLOTTE AND I – PRECOCIOUS AUTHORS (Conclusion)

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

It comes down to, I think, who is the most serious writer, Charlotte Bronte, or the writers of Brew No. 1. We have another story by that prolific writer, Lord Charles Wellesley, in Issue No. 3 of Young Men’s Magazine.  … Continue reading →

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CHARLOTTE AND I – PRECOCIOUS AUTHORS (Chapter 2 of 3)

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

Charlotte Bronte and her brother, Branwell, produced several of these miniature magazines in miniscule handwriting.  They wrote them and they edited them and they published them. Here’s another difference:  Sure, I wrote SOME stuff, under my own name, but I … Continue reading →

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CHARLOTTE AND I – PRECOCIOUS AUTHORS (Chapter 1 of 3)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Charlotte Brontë and I have a lot in common – we each had a mother, she was born in April and I was born in September (both of which months come after March), and the greatest commonality of all, we … Continue reading →

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MAIDEN BLOG TOUR 4 of 4

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

  E.J. LAVOIE’S REVIEW  If I were a twelve-year-old girl in South Africa just over a hundred years ago, I would be Corlie Roux.  And I am. I am Corlie Roux as I read Trilby Kent’s novel, set during the … Continue reading →

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MAIDEN BLOG TOUR 3 of 4

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

  The following is the book jacket copy for Stones for My Father: Corlie Roux’s farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense … Continue reading →

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MAIDEN BLOG TOUR 2 of 4

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

 This is the first time I’ve hosted a blog tour, so bear with me. This is my self-imposed schedule: 9:00 a.m. today – First Post – About The Author 10:00 a.m. today – Second Post – About The Book 11:00 … Continue reading →

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MAIDEN BLOG TOUR 1 of 4

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

On Monday, April 25th, this blog will be participating in a “tour” for a newly published novel by an accomplished writer – no, not me.  I have never done this before, don’t really know what I am doing, but, I … Continue reading →

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NORTHANGER ABBEY (Conclusion)

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

The main story is that a clergyman’s daughter meets a clergyman with whom she enjoys a dalliance.  It is all prim and proper and rather unexciting unless you can empathize with a rather unexciting clergyman’s daughter.  Girls can do that, … Continue reading →

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NORTHANGER ABBEY (Chapter 3)

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

When I say I have just finished the novel, I mean I finished watching the movie. I happen to like Jane Austen novels that have been turned into movies. Austen films are very popular nowadays, and there are scads of her … Continue reading →

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NORTHANGER ABBEY (Chapter 2)

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

The opening paragraph – the first paragraph, not the opening chapter – of “Northanger Abbey” is 777 words long. I know because I just finished counting them. Those are more words than most people write in a week. Coincidentally, that … Continue reading →

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