What I loved most is how purely it captures the eagerness, naivety, and loneliness of childhood — feelings that haven’t changed in over four hundred years. Isabel’s fear and excitement feel so real that you remember what it was like to be a child yourself.

A good series can motivate you to drive (through a snowstorm) to the bookstore because you can’t wait the one day for Amazon.

In our youth we have a unique intelligence, but the fool within burns it up like a blood sacrifice for something we do not want.

Winter Garden , by Kristin Hannah, currently has 107,103 reviews and a 4.5 star rating on Amazon. There is impressive character...