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Three Days in June by Anne Tyler Gail, one of the main characters in this novel, is not a bad person! She is just complicated—and not even complicated in a bad way! First, I have to say this novel was AMAZING!  I was hooked in the first chapter; dare I say, the first couple of pages. Yep! I dare say it… I WAS HOOKED IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES! Now that I have that out of my system… This was the first novel I’ve read by this author! (I am stretching myself and going outside of my usual...

I’ve always loved listening to stories and I was encouraged to use my imagination from the very beging. Reading like everything else we grow and we put away our children’s books for youth bigs, then tweens, teens and so on.  However, reading children’s books as an adult is an amazing experience that a lot of us are msising out on. It allows us to reconnect to a very stress free time (for most of us in life), where we could freely use our imagingation, escape into mystical worlds and it was...

Who Was A.A. Milne? by Sarah Fabiny I recently finished reading the Winnie‑the‑Pooh  series. I’ve always loved Winnie‑the‑Pooh, but I realized that I had never actually read the original books—so I decided it was time. And I’m so glad I did. After finishing the series, I found myself wanting to know more about the author behind these beloved stories. A. A. Milne was actually born Alan Milne on January 18, 1882. This year marked 144 years since his birth, and this October marks 100 years since...