Tell about it.' Mary Oliverģ) 'You may end only with the satisfaction of knowing you passed your existence in devotion to the noble human virtue of inquisitiveness. If this blog was to have a motto or two, I'd choose the following.ġ) 'Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writing so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for' SocratesĢ) 'Instructions for living a life. People often ask, 'What should I read next?' I try to read widely, so hopefully you will find something that will strike a chord with you. I also invite you to treat it like a book-finder. You'll find a good variety of lists and topics under the headings. This blog is my cosy place to relax and chat about books and all things literary. Perfect proof that a great story isn't bound by supposed limitations. Short book, small cast of characters, remote setting, dynamite. I'll have to remember this clever way of hooking us in. Isabelle and Henry's story was alluded to in a novel with the same setting (Love Unexpected by Jody Hedlund) which made me curious. Most of all, I love how I stumbled upon this novella. I love the open-ended nature of some of the threads, so we can imagine some of our own bright possibilities. I loved it that I was cheering both younger characters on so hard, even though I felt as if I'd really just met them. The romance sizzles off the pages at times. well, Henry likens him to a protective bear standing on hind legs, just waiting to be baited, but the captain has his reasons. Henry is the privileged son of a wealthy family used to a life of ease and comfort, yet he doesn't come across as a spoiled, obnoxious, rich kid. Isabelle is sweet but a bit melancholic at times, partly because of her lonesome lifestyle and partly because of something in her genetic make-up clouding her horizon.
Her father is the lighthouse keeper of a remote isle, and Henry is the only survivor of a shipwreck washed onto their shores. There are just three main characters Isabelle, Henry and Isabelle's father, Captain Thornton. It took just an hour or two to read and I loved it. This story blows that theory right out of the water.
I thought novellas would have to be more bland and simplistic than longer books, just because of the shorter word count. I've sometimes avoided novellas in the past, partly because I believed a wonderful story with characters we care deeply for can't be achieved in such a short book. History, and danger surrounding the Great Lakes lighthouses of Michigan. Out of the Storm is her first ever novella and introduces readers toīeacons of Hope, a new series set in the 1800s amid the romance, Lightkeeper father rescues a young man from the lake, her sheltered Known-and all, she assumes, she ever will know. Grown up in a lighthouse, loneliness is all Isabelle Thornton has ever
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