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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Colorado!
Months ago I started sharing book blurbs on various series of books here is one on Dana Fuller Ross's Wagons West story 'Colorado!'. This is a continuation of what started in Independence and now on the brink of Civil War will Colorado be Union or Confederate territory. War is hell!
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
Earth's Children 2
Book two of 'Earth's Children series' entitled 'The Valley of Horses' picks up with Ayla all alone for she has been exiled from the Clan. Ayla learns that she has many talents that seem to let her make 'friends' with pretty much all of nature its flora and fauna. Ayla likes living and learning what is around her, but she is also lonely. This is also the story of Jondalar on his journey of growing up and while on this journey with his brother there are choices that need to be made for all, and relationships are made for both.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
Earth's Children
There is a series of novels out there written by Jean M. Auel known as 'Earth's Children'. The first in the series is entitled 'The Clan and The Cave Bear' that starts out with a five-year-old child named Ayla, who lost her parents during an earthquake. Ayla is found by a clan of cavepeople who are not like her for she is one of the 'Others'. Ayla grows up and becomes in a way one of them even though she is different she still loves the clan for the most part. The first of novels set during the prehistoric eras.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
Charlotte's Web
Just finished re-reading 'Charlotte's Web' by E.B. White for the umpteenth time, and for me it shows me many lessons that we all need to learn and remember. Actually, it is the story of the facts of life from birth to death to dealing with other societal issues like dealing with family relationships like Fern does when saving the 'runt' as well as just plain growing up issues, and learning how to accept what happens to all involved in living life and making various kinds of friendships and still learning that there is a higher power to live our lives.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
Most discussed creators
What does it mean to me about being the 'most discussed creator'? I really wouldn't know for I do get a lot of likes for my work that I have posted through the years, and I do get comments on them also, but I really wouldn't say they are really discussed too much.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Poets
My Toys
Who remembers what toys they played with when they were a child? Well, I am a person that remembers most of the toys I had and played with as a child. My first toy that I really remember was a wooden dog that I pulled around by a string. What made me remember this one was because when you pulled it along the ears went back and forth. I saw this toy on eBay, and I bought it just for the good memories it brought me one day. The second toy well actually a collection of toys my mom and dad got me three Fisher-Price buildings (the house, the school, and the barn) to go along with a Ferris wheel building that a neighborhood man got me one summer. I would play with these for hours for I had the little people made of wood along with the furniture to put in the house, school furniture for the school that also had a chalkboard to actually write on, and fencing with horses, cows, sheep, and pigs to corral along with some troughs, so that the animals could drink.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Confessions
