Blogging for Literacy

  Title: Silent Night Author: Hannah Slns Date: September 25, 2024     Title of the Book: Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark  Summary of the Book: Mary Higgins Clark, also known as the "Queen of Suspense", has crafted a very special holiday story about a child's courage in the face of danger, and the power of love.    Moral Lesson of the Book:           The moral of the novel Silent Night involves the value of faith and hope in life, especially during adversity. It says that people should not let go of their faith during the rough times. It also straightforwardly shows the redemptions and compassion of a woman who has made mistakes out of her desperation. H er journey across the chapter shows that one can visually envision possible deliverance through pity- which even from the unlikely might be good to him. It also cultivates the importance of family through bonding and giving love.  Reflections and Reviews of the Book:  ...

  Title: A Memoirs of A Geisha Author: Hannah Slns Date: September 25, 2024     Title of the Book: A Memoirs of A Geisha by Arthur Golden Summary of the Book: In " Memoirs of a Geisha", we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men, and where love is scorned as an illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful, and completely unforgettable novel. Moral Lesson of the Book:           The book teaches the reader resilience and the maintenance of identity in the face of adversity. It relates the inner strength, adaptability, and hope as essential that one should maintain when things become hard and unforgiving, as they do with the character in the story  also speaks of the concept that beauty and grace can also be ways to survive; how personal dignity can be kept together with a ...

    Title: Still Shot Author: Hannah Slns Date:   September 25, 2024 Title of the Book: Still Shot by Jerry Kennealy  Summary of the Book:    Entertainment critic and film noir author Caroll Quint gets a panicky call from his mother, former movie starlet Karen Kass. Vicky Vandamn, a roommate of Karen's some thirty years ago when they worked at Talbot Studios, disappeared from Hollywood under mysterious circumstances. Now she's been found dead on her houseboat in nearby Sausalito, a reported suicide victim. Quint's mother is certain that Vicky, who was involved with a rough Hollywood crowd, was murdered. "Act like one of those private eyes in your book, dear. And find out who killed her." Quint tries to do just that and soon finds himself tangled up with lazy cops, a paranoid PI, a billionaire former movie studio head, and a peeping tom- who kept a close eye on Vandamn. When all appears lost, Quint's mother comes up with a revealing old still photo and a cl...

Title:   The Three Musketeers Author:  Hannah Slns  Date:   September 23, 2024 Title of the Book: City of Masks   by Daniel Hecht Summary of the Book:       City of Masks is the first Cree Black Novel, Parapsychologist Cree and her partner take a case in New Orleans's Garden District that leaves them fearing for their own lives. While the 150-year-old  Beauforte house has long stood empty. That was until Lila Beauforte resumes residence and starts to see some of the house's secrets literally come to life. Tormented by an insidious and violent presence, Lila finds herself trapped in a life increasingly filled with childhood terrors. It takes Cree's unconventional take on psychology and her powerful natural empathy with Lila to navigate the dangerous worlds of spirit and memory, as they clash in a terrifying tale of mistaken identity and murder. Moral Lesson of the Book:          The central moral le...