Mark Graham
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I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Soulmate
'Soulmates' is another part of this 'Dark World' series by L.J. Smith. This is the story of Hannah and Thierry and Maya. Hannah believes that she is not going to see her seventeenth birthday and she needs to know why. She goes to a psychologist, and they do hypnosis that they think will help. This is a story that involves vampires, humans and werewolves and once again try to bring all these factions together to live in peace. Is that going to be possible?
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Chosen
Here is another story entitled 'The Chosen'. It is also part of the 'Night World' series by L.J. Smith. In 'The Chosen' this is the story of Rashel, who is a vampire hunter and seems to have an attraction to a vampire who says that they are soulmates. Rashel must find a way to bring humans, vampires, witches, and other night world persona together. This story is also a fast-paced story and you can see the story unfolding.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Dark Angel
This novel is a part of a bigger series known as 'Night World'. This series is written by L.J. Smith and the first one is entitled 'Dark Angel'. 'Dark Angel' is the story of Gillian and how she sees herself in this life with the good and the bad and would anyone really miss her. She is out walking to school when she hears a noise like someone crying or something. She follows the noise her life changes and meets 'an angel' or is it. The story moves along a nice pace and keeps you reading.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Beach Music
Pat Conroy has written a family novel entitled 'Beach Music'. This is the story of a man named Jack McCall the first-born son of Lucy McCall Pitts. He has four other brothers all with their own quirks to live with and deal with their mother's illness. Jack at the start of the story is living in Rome with his young daughter Leah and he has noticed that he has had a follower. 'Beach Music' will cover the decades through various stories told by his friends from the sixties about his and his friends' activities, as well as stories from his friends' parents from the Depression to the World War to Vietman. It is also a story of nature and how to deal with climate change. 'Beach Music' is a novel that will have you laugh and cry sometimes at the same time.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Our Flag
What does it mean to fly the flag? The flag is the symbol for enduring freedom for all. Flying the flag on the Fourth of July, Flag Day or any other patriotic day shows that one cares for their country and to those who have served to protect it from invaders. The flag that shows in its' stars and stripes how proud we citizens are for what we have. The flag is a symbol of honor, so let it fly high in the sky.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Fourth of July
Happy Fourth of July!!!! This is the day that America celebrates our independence of England oh so long ago. Now it is the holiday that we celebrate veterans of all wars from the Revolution through Desert Storm and ones still going on in some ways. It is a day of picnics, games and at night fireworks.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Rifleman
'The Rifleman' starring Chuck Conners was a television western about Lucas McCain and his son Mark in the town of North Fork near Laramie. In each episode there was a lesson to learn whether for an adult or a child. I remember the beginning when Lucas is slowly walking shooting the rifle rapid fire with Chuck Conners staring at the camera. This was a series that was before my time, but I have seen a few reruns from time to time. It was a series that followed a particular sequence from episode to episode. There is a crime and investigation of sorts and a solution sought after and a decision made.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Valley of the Dinosaurs
Back in the day on Saturday mornings in the late seventies there were various kinds of programs from the normal cartoon to live action programs. There was a cartoon that I remember entitled 'Valley of the Dinosaurs' a cartoon about the Butler family and their trip of exploration into the prehistoric past. The cartoon was well-detailed in depicting the Butler family and the cave family they encountered and their surroundings from the flora to the fauna (dinosaurs). There were lessons to learn about cooperation and accepting others for who they are.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Adult Coloring Books
I really appreciate all the reads and comments I have received on my Color art pictures that I have done in a few adult coloring books that I have shared. Along with some of my original art drawings. I mainly wanted to share that I have published several adult coloring books on the site known as 'artwanted.com'. I have print and PDF versions of my books there. If you happened to be interested, go to the site and click 'BROWSE' and type my name. They are all pencil sketches in the coloring books. I also have a gallery of my artwork posted there as well. You can even buy them if you would like to. They are drawn using markers, crayons and stylus computer icons. Please comment.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Land of the Lost
'Land of the Lost' was a live action program on Saturdays that took a family of explorers to the era of dinosaurs. There was the father Rick Porter and his son and daughter Will and Holly. There were plenty of adventures in this land, but they had to be careful of the Slestack a group of walking and hissing lizards that were usually green except for one named Inca or something like that who helped the Porter family. There were pylons all over the place where they could enter and go to other times. Once again there were lessons for viewers to learn and in this one science was a good subject.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Gunsmoke
"Bang" 'Gunsmoke' starring James Arness as Marshall Matt Dillion. This was a television western cowboy show where the good guys won and the bad guys lost. There was Miss Kitty, Festus, Doc, Newly and before them Quint and Chester as deputies. 'Gunsmoke' was a drama but also had a lot of comedy thanks to Festus at times. There were plenty of lessons one could learn as well.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
