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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What is Childhood?
What is childhood? Childhood is more than just moving along a developmental timeline and learning and practicing new skills that we all need to use. Childhood is a time to have fun and to rejoice in the choices that we make or may make. Childhood is the time of choices whether right or wrong. Childhood is a time that is not just pertaining to children, but to the parents as well as who need to remember what it means to be a child.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Winnie the Pooh. Top Story - June 2024.
I have shared four children's books written by A.A. Milne and his very best friend. He wrote all these stories for his son Christopher Robin. Winnie the Pooh is also known as Edward Bear or as Christopher Robin sometimes called him Silly Old Bear. There are some friendships real and imaginary that last a lifetime and this friendship is one of them.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Watch Me
Brenda Novak has written a thriller mystery entitled 'Watch Me'. The main character of Sheridan has a mystery to solve that has been bugging her most of her life. Sheridan has to learn how to cope and learn how to work things out with some of her past relationships that were affected by what occurred in the past. Brenda Novak is a writer that will let the reader learn step-by-step how the characters work together to solve this mystery thriller.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
No Greater Love
Danielle Steele has written the romance novel 'No Greater Love' which has a cast of characters that have tickets for the voyage of a lifetime on the ship name 'Titanic'. Danielle Steele shows how relationships can change when faced with disasters of many kinds. 'No Greater Love' is a novel that the reader can read in one or two sittings for it is another show and tell story for the reader will be able to visualize what the characters are doing from start to finish.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Sherbrooke Twins
Catherine Coulter has written a historical romance entitled 'The Sherbrooke Twins'. James and Jason are the names of these two identical twins for only their mother can really tell them apart. The main premise of the story is that James and Jason have to figure out who wants to kill their father. James has a love interest by the name of Corrie who he has known all his life, but for some reason James only sees a little girl till a very serious event takes place. Catherine Coulter has written a show and tell story that will keep you reading to see how James, Jason and Corrie work together to solve a family's problem of epic proportions for only how a historical romance can.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Once an Outlaw
I believe I have had written a critique on this novel entitled 'Once an Outlaw' written by Jill Gregory. It is the story of Emily Spoon and Clint Barclay and their many misunderstandings of what a relationship really means. To me the story is one of family and community and how Lonesome, the name of the town Emily and her family moved to and how one figures out how to fit in even though you are from the other side of the tracks. Jill Gregory has a good grasp of what a good historical romance is all about for the characters are well-developed and the reader will feel for the characters and what happens to them throughout the story.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Blood Brothers
Nora Roberts's has written a family/romance/thriller novel entitled 'Blood Brothers' the first part of the 'Sign of Seven Trilogy'. The main characters are three boys by the names of Cal, Gage, and Fox who when they were 10 years of age well the night before all three turned 10, they made a pilgrimage to the Pagan Stone in their small town of Hawkins Hollow that is the center when in every seven years of the seventh month for seven days weird happenings occur. Nora Robert's in this part is a very show and tell writer and one needs to read it to really understand and know the fear that these three boys now men have been living.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Independence
I am starting a new series of novels that I have had on my shelves for quite a while now and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. The first volume is entitled 'Independence' written by Dana Fuller Ross. This is the story of the start of the first wagon train to the great future state of Oregon from the plan of Andrew Jackson. The main characters are Sam Brentwood, Claudia Humpries, and Cathy Van Ayl and their friends who all want to help them cross the country for enlarge the United States. Dana Fuller Ross is an author who has written quite the picturesque story of Westward expansion that all started on Long Island. I am hoping for comments on these critiques for they really are quite enjoyable.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Critiquing
So, what is critiquing. To me it is all about giving short summaries of various pieces of writing and/or artwork. It is a chance to share an opinion or two without getting into a whole review. A critique is showing the good and bad points of a work that may not be bad to the writer/artist. It is a chance to also give some suggestions to the author to improve the work if needed.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
