by Shar Lemond | Feb 6, 2021 | Book Reviews
“Therefore, go forth, companion: when you findNo Highway more, no track, all being blind,The way to go shall glimmer in the mind. Though you have conquered earth and charted sea, And planned the courses of all stars that be, Adventure on, more wonders are in...
by Shar Lemond | Mar 18, 2020 | Book Reviews
Ironically, A Tale of Two Cities is really a tale of one city—Paris at the time of the French Revolution. Dickens’s immortal opening lines perfectly capture the spirit of the time. It was the best of times because...
by Shar Lemond | Aug 22, 2019 | Men and Women
The theme of the Travel Secrets trilogy is femininity. In book one, our heroine, Rachel, was battling her own demons as she conquered her misconception of body image, turning into Raquel as a result. Book two is more focused on relationships. Wouldn’t you agree...
by Shar Lemond | May 24, 2019 | Men and Women, Travel Secrets Trilogy
Travel Secrets encapsulates much of Audrey Hepburn’s philosophy of femininity. When, at the end of her life, she was asked to describe her “beauty secrets”, Audrey Hepburn wrote this. It was read at her funeral.To have attractive lips, only speak words of...
by Shar Lemond | Apr 9, 2019 | Book Reviews
” In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of...
by Shar Lemond | Dec 29, 2018 | Book Reviews
If you like reading about innovative, hard working men who justly treat one another, this novel is for you! The trustee is a deceptively small man, leading a small life. But when an incredible challenge presents itself, he decides to answer the call and go on a seemly...
by Shar Lemond | Oct 30, 2018 | Visual Art
The definition of vocation is a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation. A prolific painter, Bouguereau himself has painted over 800 paintings in his lifetime. He is considered the master when it comes to depicting the human body. He is...
by Shar Lemond | Oct 1, 2018 | Heartwarming
Many people struggle to derive beauty from Facebook among a clutter or negative news or memes their friends share. As a result, many give up on Facebook. Not me. I love Facebook, but only because of the way I manage it. First of all, I’ve downloaded FB Purity,...
by Shar Lemond | Sep 28, 2018 | Travel Secrets Trilogy
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” – St. Augustine. I used to think I knew what poverty was, but when I backpacked through South America in my early twenties, I had realized I was way off. The poverty in Peru and...
by Shar Lemond | Aug 29, 2018 | Travel Secrets Trilogy
Lots of people feel they’ve seen and read it all. Such a person might pass up on Reading Travel Secrets because it’s “just another novel about a transformation of a shy woman into a confident one.” Other than the fact that I love books about...
