by Pepper Basham | May 13, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
LOVE CAN COVER A MUTITUDE OF SINSWashed ashore on Fairweather Key, Ruby O’Shea and her three nieces─the offspring of the pirate Thomas Hawkins and Ruby’s late sister─have a chance for a new beginning as Ruby takes a job in a boardinghouse and the girls are passed off...
by Pepper Basham | May 13, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
In Donald Maas book The Fire in Fiction, he discusses making one-dimensional versus three-dimensional characters. Perfect heroes make for boring characters. Also, to have reader-appeal, characters must have elements of humanity. This doesn’t mean that they...
by Pepper Basham | May 11, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
A. J. Degulio loved the idea of a visit to the Old Country… until her family decided to stay. It’s 1972 and she’s turning fourteen in a crumbling castle on a hill in Tuscany, wishing she were back in Idaho with her beloved dog, Sailor. In Italy, her...
by Pepper Basham | May 11, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
St. Mary’s Church in Crich sits atop a hill at the foot of Crich stand. It’s such a quaint setting, surrounded by old buildings and miles of green countryside. It is said that people have worshipped here for over 850 years.
by Pepper Basham | May 11, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
Charlotte Bronte’s classic work, Jane Eyre is known for its’ intense characters and mysterious plot, but even more compelling (to me) is its’ Christian themes. Jane is an innocent, naive young woman who finds herself in a world unlike one she’d...
