A family desperate for money. A child prodigy — the heir to the family fortune — missing. Riverview House holds many secrets. Mark Newlin is a history professor at Gold College in southwestern Illinois. When tragedy thrusts him into a life he doesn't want, well-meaning friends send him to a bed-and-breakfast on the river for rest and healing.I don't even remember buying this, but it's on my Kindle and looks interesting. I plan to read it next.
But Riverview House is not the peaceful retreat described in the brochure. A nineteenth-century mansion built on the upper Mississippi River, for years it was the symbol of the Channon family's prestige and their right to a place in American aristocracy. After several generations, the family has lost most of its money, and none of its arrogance. And the future of everything depends on one man — the heir to the Channon fortune, whom no one has heard of for years. Mark and his assistant Sean Merritt find themselves in the midst of an unusual family gathering. Against his will, Mark is drawn into the Channon family's struggles. And as his concern for the heir's welfare increases, he discovers the power to heal in the most unlikely place.
I've never used a Little Free Library. Never actually found one, for that matter. But I do think Little Free Libraries are a wonderful idea, a way of sharing books with others. And I think it's fantastic that there are now 100,000 of them. Here's the homepage of Little Free Library, if you'd like to learn more.
Word of the Day
speechifying / ˈspēCHəfīiNG / noun ~ derogatory = the making of speeches, especially in a tedious or pompous way. Example: "I'm sorry you think I'm speechifying," her friend said.I found "speechifying" on page 171 of Your Perfect Year by Charlotte Lucas, the book I read yesterday during Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon.
2 comments:
I love the idea of 100,000 little free libraries! I have seen a couple in my part of town and our downtown area had about 6 temporary ones inside artistic sculptures last year.
That's great! I read where there are a couple of the Little Free Libraries a few miles from me (in opposite directions), but I no longer drive and can't go check them out now. I'd be wanting to ADD books to them rather than take any for myself, since I have more books than I'll ever read (or re-read) in this lifetime.
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