Summer is officially here and we have a new reader review right around the corner!

This next review is by a truly incredible young lady. Olivia is an experienced bibliophile with a wealth of reading in her veins. she has graciously agreed to share her review of Amari and the night brothers with us! Stay tuned for this review and others to follow very soon.

Happy Spring, my readers!

This next review is by an avid bibliophile with much experience in the literary world! Nora will share her love of reading in this review and I hope you all take her advice and pick up the Ranger’s Apprentice for yourself! Enjoy.

Ranger’s Apprentice Book Series ~ John Flanagan
This books series has kept me entertained for hours on end! It has wonderful characters, engaging dialogue, and awesome plot lines. Besides some slight language, this series is absolutely awesome. Constant dips and twists in the story will keep you captivated from cover to cover.

Age rating ~ 8+ (language might be a barrier for younger children, use parental discretion. Read aloud is also optional)

Merry Christmas, my readers!

Here it is! Your waiting has not been in vain! Today, I am filled with joyous expectation, as I release the inaugural reader review for this new chapter of Amor Litterarum. Enjoy this wonderful review by my friend, Grace.

Grace is an avidly bookish girl with an abundance of appreciation for excellent literature. But even more than this, she knows what it means to love the good and the beautiful books. This is why I am delighted to feature her review and insight here. Enjoy!

The Journeyman ~ Elizabeth Yates

     Have you ever sat outside on a beautiful summer day and wished that it could last for eternity?  Or been cooped up during a long winter, and felt your soul was growing weary with the dismal images before you? Well, Jared Austin did. A young boy raised on a New England farm, Jared’s desire was to capture the beauty of creation, so that its wonder could be seen even in the darkest moments.  Jared was no stranger to dark times, his very existence reminded his father daily of the wife he had lost to the freezing cold.  To a farmer, Jared was a poor helper, as his frame was slight and weak.  But what his father could not see through his grief, was that Jared had a strong soul and had a willingness to be useful to others.  When an itinerant painter (called a Journeyman) bed down with the Austins, he failed to find work but recognized an apprentice.  Jared was carefully taught the Journeyman trade and worked along the East Coast, until eventually ending his journey in a town near where he grew up, which was experiencing the hardest winter since Jared was born. Is Jared the curse that brings the winter, or the blessing sent to bring them through it?

     This is a book not of frail prettiness or of dwelling in sorrow, it’s a story where beauty and joy come from the hardest trials and greatest losses, and where spring comes in the midst of never-ending winter.  I highly recommend you read The Journeyman this season, whether in December as you anticipate and celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ to end our darkness, or in the winter when the world continues to look bleak even after His coming.  I think in it you will find gratitude, purpose, sustenance, understanding, and what is more, a wonderful story.

Age Rating ~ 14 and up (depends on the unique child)

Also, be sure to check out the favorite quotes section of this blog, as new quotes have been added for this story by Grace.