A collection of all the contests on the blog
What a great response to the ‘favorite father’ contest. Nine blog readers responded. Each father got two votes except for Matthew Cuthbert, who got three!! I numbered the entries from 1 to 9 and then called my granddaughter. She chose the number 2, which is Cathy Hill. Congrats, Cathy. You will receive from me in the next few days a gift certificate for $15 for
You have three more days to get in your vote on your favorite literary fathers. The field is limited to four: Matthew Cuthbert from Anne of Green Gables Arthur Weasley from Harry Potter Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird Ta-Nehisi Coates from Between the World and Me (Coates is the author and the famous father) So far, four people have sent in their favorite
Several weeks ago, friends suggested that I try the word game ‘Wordle.’ While I resisted for a while, I found that solving the puzzle each day was great fun. After all, everyone is doing it!! Perhaps you will be interested in the following insights to the game: 1. The founder –Josh Wardle came to the United States from Wales to earn an MFA from the
Several writers had popularized the phrase ‘dark and stormy night’ before this Dickens-era author used it to begin his popular novel. Your challenge is to name the author and the book that contains what many have described as the ‘worst sentence in the English language.’ It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by
Many public figures have written books about the lessons learned from the pandemic. Numerous ‘experts’ in the field of medicine, science and politics have taken a stab at looking at what went wrong in order to respond better to the next world-wide pandemic. Last night I was watching The PBS Newshour and heard Dr. Scott Gottlieb talk about his book Uncontrolled Spread. While some reviewers
Can you believe that Reading Around Kiawah is celebrating its first birthday this month? In honor of the birthday AND reading in general, a special gift is available for the first FIVE lucky people who make a purchase of $25 or more from Indigo Books from May 28-June 2. Remember the lovely poet who charmed us all at the inaugeration? Amanda Gorman’s poem, “The Hill
Charles Dickens was certainly one of the most popular writers of the Victorian Era, and his books remain solid ‘classics’. If I asked you “In what Charles Dickens’ work is the quote ‘Bah Humbug,’ ” you would surely know the answer. Can you say the same for the following five quotes from Dickens’ novels? To help you, I’ve given you a list of the correct
Send in your entries NOW!! You will have until January 1 to enter the contest. One lucky winner will be chosen. All of the following Christmas songs were first performed in either a movie or a Broadway musical. Name the musical or movie for each and you will be a winner! And if you haven’t listened to these songs in a while, pull them up
Cathy Hill who chose chair number 4 because she thinks it is cozy and inviting and likes all the books so close by. Cathy you are the winner of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. Congratulations!!
