Tag Archives: War and Peace

“UPLIFTING” Book

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are discussing books that we have wanted to read, but for some reason have never gotten to them. WHERE DO I START? Take one look at all of the books around my house and you will know … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, big plans, book review, decisions, experiences, favorites, historical, hobbies, imagination, libraries, Life, memories, movies, publishing, reading, reviews, time management, Tonette Joyce, writers, youth | Tagged Anna Karenina, Gladys Aylworth, Leo Tolstoy's "Resurrection"", magazine serials, personal libraries, TBR list, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Small Woman, War and Peace | 4 Comments

Misuse of Terminology

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Tonette Joyce

After busy months of becoming a freshman in high school in a new town, my grandson finally got back into his reading groove and back to having me reading a series with him. After the mostly tame and always ‘bad-guys-become-good’ … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, book review, Books, characters, dystopian worlds, imagination, Miscellaneous, phrases, reading, reading preferences, Tonette Joyce, traditions, villains, writing | Tagged Anna Karenina, Artemis Fowl, Demons, Harry Potter, Leo Tolstoy, Midgrade books, mythological creatures, Percy Jackson, Septimus Heap, speed-reading, Taran Matharu, The Battlemage, The Inquisition, The Novice, The Summoner Trilogy, War and Peace, Woody Allen quote, YA books | 10 Comments

Heroes and….Heroines?

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are discussing our favorite literary heroes and heroines… do we use the word “heroine” anymore? Is it considered sexist, like “poetess”, “authoress” and “actress”? It’s ironic, really, that it was ever used because “Hero” in mythology was, … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, characters, protagonists, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged Agatha Christie, Andre Bolkonsky, Davis Way, Gretchen Archer, Hary Potter's World, Hercule Poirot, Jane Austen, Jane Austen heroes, Janet Evanovich, Jean Valjean, JK Rowling, Les Miserables, MaryJanice Davidson, Minerva McGonagal, Molly Weasley, Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, Stephanie Plum, War and Peace | 4 Comments

List-Ten

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

I am usually left out of many of the Facebook writer’s challenges because although I am a published writer, I am not a published book author. However, a rather famous author of my personal acquaintance recently hit me topic: Ten … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, Books, childhood, Friendship, Lists, Miscellaneous, poetry, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged "There's No Place Like Here", A Remarkable Mother, Agatha Christie, An Hour Before Daylight, Anna Karenina, Artemis Fowl, Banned in the U.S.S. R., Boris Pasternak, Boris Pasternak's poetry, Can You See Me Now?, Cecelia Ahearn, Christmas In Plains, Daphne du Maurier, Doctor Zhivago, douglas adams, Dr, Eoin Colfer, Ernest Hemingway, Ghost Girl, Gretchen Archer, Hercule Poirot, James Herriot. All Creatures Great and Small, Janet Evanovich, Jimmy Carter, Kate Collins, Leo Tolstoy, MaryJanice Davidson, Oscar Wilde, Parnell Hall, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rosie Dunne, Stephen King., Stephen Vincent Benet, Thanks For the Memories, The Bishop's Beggar, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, The Importance of Being Earnest, Tonya Hurley, War and Peace, William Shakespeare | 9 Comments

Overbooked

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

Free Week and I meant to have a guest, but an author I asked had a lot of commitments, so she asked me to check back with her, but…guess whose mind got pre-occupied? Very occupied, not just my mind, but … Continue reading →