V1v1enne rated The Enchanted April: 5 stars

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (Penguin modern classics)
"A notice in The Times addressed to 'Those Who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine' advertises a 'small medieval Italian Castle to …
Hello, friends. A slim ghost of my Goodreads profile. My books here are mostly those picked up in travels from 2002 to today. Our home library, 1000s of miles away, has been in boxes for a decade. Find me as v1v1enne at Open Library, Internet Archive, Goodreads, and Podchaser.
"This roving humour... I have ever had, and like a ranging spaniel, that barks at every bird he sees, leaving his game, I have followed all, saving that which I should, and may justly complain... that I have read many books, but to little purpose, for want of good method; I have confusedly tumbled over divers authors in our libraries, with small profit, for want of art, order, memory, judgment."
Robert Burton, 1621 from his THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY
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"A notice in The Times addressed to 'Those Who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine' advertises a 'small medieval Italian Castle to …
Security consultant “Jane Smith” receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and …
Since hearing Rachel Riley read the introduction to the audiobook edition, I am excited to read the print edition. Most of us could benefit from a maths method refresher, right? Riley's cool confidence and sincere desire to increase mathematics abilities in everyone sold me.
Riddles, jokes, stories, songs, games, plays, puzzles, poems, crafts, art, guest interviews
From the young viewers of the exciting television …
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody …
Traditionally, we read aloud the Christmas section of MY ANTONIA every December. This year, we had no copy of it, but found A LOST LADY in a shop. No winter holiday scenes, but this novella had the same feel and the ingredients I loved from the former. The 19th-century American pioneer experience is again preserved beautifully here. (We broke from reading to study images of oil burning carriage lamps, of all things.) Cather's evocative descriptions of nature are as lovely as her descriptions of human nature. A real pleasure to read.
Lovers of books about books might enjoy chapter seven of part one. It addresses the little library of classics savored by young Niel.
In this book, the author, a physician and writer employs his wide-ranging and interdisciplinary approach to science and medicine, explaining …
A tale of loss and gains and, ultimately, gratitude. Approaching this as a young adult novel, I loved many passages that reached out as messages to young minds without ever seeming like instruction. The first person voice of the main character is inclusive, keeping the reader engaged in the mystery as Anna grapples with her grief and her suddenly changing life. Couldn't put it down, and enjoyed traveling through her summer with Anna and the people in her life.
"They exist as a rumour or a fading memory. They vanished from history leaving scarcely a trace, lost to fire, …