Mark Graham
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I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Good Sunday morning!
Good Sunday morning! This is the start of a new day and week. What are your thoughts for the coming week. Sunday morning is a time to reflect on the past week while thinking what is and can happen in the coming week. We all need a chance just to be and not worry about what has happened and will happen for things will work out one way or another. Just be.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
My Gastronomy Tube
'My Gastronomy Tube' is a children's picture book written by Kimberly Gastineau. This is the story of a young child who has trouble eating for some reason. The little boy named Tommy will learn to make some adjustments to having his tube. The pictures throughout this picture book are done with bright colors using both primary and secondary colors that shows what is occurring with Tommy and his family. 'My Gastronomy Tube' would be a good book for pediatric nurses who may need a way to explain to the child, parents and other family members of this procedure and for teachers who may have a student entering the classroom with a tube and help explain that the student is just like the other children in the class.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Baby Aviva Orangutan Diva
Here is a children's picture book entitled 'Baby Aviva Orangutan Diva' written by Hans Kullberg and illustrated by Carl Mefford. This is just simply an adorable story of an orangutan named Baby Aviva who likes to sing and likes her colors. Baby Aviva goes in search of something she needs and wants and finds out there is more. Hans has written a story that children will like for the pictures tell the story just as well as the words. As the reader you will be able to feel the emotions that are shown throughout the book. Carl uses what looks like muted colors along with the shading one does have the feeling that you are in a jungle and in for quite an adventure.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Feelings. Content Warning.
We all have various feelings about ourselves, but this critique is to describe some very basic ones as in the feelings of joy, charity, happiness, and faith. As the crayon leaves its marks we all leave our own. In joy we can feel what...
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Silver Bells
Here is a critique of a novel by LuAnn Rice that has been out for quite a while entitled 'Silver Bells' and it is a romance/family story that has also been a Hallmark Christmas movie for the past several years. Believe it or not I have read this book several times during the Christmas season. It is the story of Christy and his two children, Danny and Bridget and a woman named Catherine. Christy and his children live and work on a tree farm in Canada, but every December they go to New York City and sell the Christmas trees. Catherine is a woman who needs to be able to let go with something that she loves and always will. Christy also has to learn how to let go for Danny has an issue that he needs to solve.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Mormon. Content Warning.
I am currently reading 'The Book of Mormon' and I have read similar stories in another book that offers the same yet different characters that are even mentioned in 'The Book of Mormon'. This is one book that one could say is a supplement to another great book of literature. One can learn to see ideas in a different light. I am not Mormon, but I have known a few, but not Donny and Marie and the Osmond brothers except through their specials and television show. 'The Book of Mormon' is a read that reads like the other good book.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
What is Black Friday?. Content Warning.
So, what is Black Friday? This is a day set aside for the first day of the Christmas Shopping days. The day after Thanksgiving we all seem to rush out to the many sales that the stores are putting on in order for us to try and save on all the big-ticket items that may or may not be Christmas presents for whomever. Always in a way will be a Day of Infamy.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Paddington Bear series
This is an overall critique of the Paddington Bear series. All of these books are about a little British bear in a raincoat and yellow hat who loves marmalade. Paddington has many adventures throughout all the books. Each book has pencil sketches depicting what is going on in each of the chapters. In the beginning book Paddington arrives to live with his new family in New York and waiting at the train station and his adventures begin. Paddington Bear kind of reminds me of Winnie the Pooh in a way, but totally different too. This is a first in a series of critiques of this series.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Arko The Dark Union
Quite the read and quite the adventure for U.W. Leo has written 'Arko The Dark Union' that is the first in a series that is science fiction, fantasy and a bit spiritual for a young adult novel. It tells the story of a group of children and their parents who are on a scientific journey. Ben, Abigail, Gaia, Ariel and Amir are on a school vacation and are going to help their parents that brings the past to the present and maybe beyond. U.W. Leo is a show and tell writer that is quite factual with the way he uses language at various points in the story. It is also a story of diversity and learning about oneself and others as well as working together to solve issues that occur.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
