http://www.epotential.com/bookblog a walk through a life of reading 2008-03-25T08:02:46Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/32 You know when everyone is talking about something enthusiastically and you have not a glimmer nor a reference as to what they referring? Well that was how I was feeling when I stumbled across yet another author I admired mentioning this book. So you weofije... pkadams 2008-03-25T08:02:46Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/31 Another awesome series. I've found this appeals to late teens as well as retirees. If you are looking for a good beach read and you like historical fiction, British Victorian literature, or mysteries, this series is for you. Kathryn Ardleigh, daughteweofije... pkadams 2008-03-23T08:30:45Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/30 Over the years PBS has introduced me to some of my favorite authors. Dorothy Sayers is one of those. Ten mystery novels starring Lord Peter Wimsey was all that she wrote before Sayers devoted her energy to her true passion, theological studies. Her tweofije... pkadams 2008-03-22T22:12:17Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/29 This is a vintage 1930's upper crust, British, garden mystery that takes 50 years to solve. It is PD James, Agatha Christie and Evelyn Waugh wrapped in one. Moving the action between the '30s and the end of the century is actually very interesting anweofije... pkadams 2008-03-22T21:51:24Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/28 As a young adult I loved Sherlock Holmes. I even went as far as to map out where Conan Doyle set his mysteries and visited them during my first trip to London. So naturally I was intrigued when I found this: "What would happen if Sherlock Holmes, a pweofije... pkadams 2008-03-22T08:45:27Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/27 Two weeks ago I was ready for the beach, so I found a couple of mystery beach reads from the most-trusted source for mystery books: Murder by the Book in Houston, TX. Although their website is rather lame, the books and recommendations are first rateweofije... pkadams 2008-03-09T11:15:18Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/26 Anything by Emily Arnold McCully catches my eye (she won the Caldecott for Mirette on the High Wire). This story however really fascinated me because it was about Martha Washington's slave, Oney Judge. I wasn't sure if this was fact or fiction. It tuweofije... pkadams 2008-03-09T10:37:15Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/25 Nim and the War Effort, written by the author of Landed, Milly Lee, is about a young Chinese-American during WWII. Caught in a fierce competition to win a contest and prove her patriotism, the heroine doesn't give up and in the end finds an ingeniousweofije... pkadams 2008-03-09T10:26:31Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/24 Landed, by Milly Lee, is an interesting story of coming to America. Usually our immigration stories are focused on Ellis Island, but in this story about a boy leaving his village in China and coming to join his brothers in America, the entry point isweofije... pkadams 2008-03-09T10:20:32Z http://www.epotential.com/bookblog/23 Over the past month I've been immersed with immigration stories. First I reread /i Tea with Milk /i written and illustrated by Allen Say. If you've never read anything by him before, you are in for a treat. In this story of a Japanese-American, you sweofije... pkadams 2008-03-09T09:53:28Z