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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The Attic
Still on another night that started out on a really weird note for there was some sort of music playing from somewhere. The boy looked around downstairs and all around the outside of the house and nothing out of the ordinary was found, but he was still hearing music. He went back inside and noticed that the door to attic was slightly ajar and for some reason a light was flickering. He knew that there was no light up there from previous visits that he had made on other days and nights. He wavered about going up those steps, but curiosity got the better of him. He slowly ascended those steps for the music seemed to be getting louder. He reached the top and the light went out. He froze for just a minute, then he spoke up "What's up with the music?" It was nice in a weird way and entrancing. No answer was given. He wandered further into the attic and he spotted the rocking chair rocking back and forth and he approached slowly and simply said "I want to be your friend but I am afraid." "I would like to help you if I can to get you to the other side if you want to go." The rocking stopped and the light came back on and the music started again. The boy seemed not to be so jittery. He looked around and saw a box and he went over to it and picked it up. Nothing happened, but he did ask a question "Do you want me to take this box?" The music told the story for it was the boy's favorite song so he took that has a "Yes." He took the box and headed back down the stairs. He went to the table and sat it down not sure about opening it.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Fiction
Freshman
The first year and day in high school when all there know that you are a Freshman. 'Freddie the Freshman the freshest kid in town.' I heard this saying when it was time to write our first real big term paper that was for English and History as well as Typing if you had that course in this grade. This was the first year and my first business course known as 'Business Exploratory' where we learned very basic accounting and shorthand along with some other skills as well. It was also the year when our class had our first big sale selling Easter candy for this was to make money believe it or not for our prom in our Senior Year. I also remember this was the year when my Phys Ed class was actually mixed with the Juniors and Seniors for some reason instead of the other Freshman and Sophomores. I liked that for those big guys helped me fit in a little.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Dr. Zhivago
Boris Pasternak wrote the novel 'Dr. Zhivago' that is quite a piece of Russian literature that is to me and was quite enjoyable even though it was a romance story. The story is set during the Russian Revolution and a family's search for freedom. Pasternak is quite the show and tell author for this novel to me is quite detailed in describing the settings, the characters and the basic theme of the book.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Little Dorrit
I am a person who likes reading classic novels. Here is one that I read entitled 'Little Dorrit' by Charles Dickens. This is quite the thick book even in paperback, but to me it is worth the read. It is about a young girl who lives with her father with many questions that seems to have no answers but they both go on a journey to seek answers to how they are living their lives. Do they find their answers?
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Shining
I am not sure I may have wrote a review here a long time ago for 'The Shining' written by Stephen King, but not sure. 'The Shining' is a thriller/horror novel that involves a family of a husband/father, young son, and wife/mother living and working at a very mysterious hotel that was and is famous. I like reading thriller/horror books, but for some reason I do not like watching them and I have seen this particular on television. My favorite parts of the book were when the son would play outside in the gardens and when it seemed that they would go back in time in a way in various parts of the book. To me it was quite the page turner. Believe it or not I read this book in two days.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
A Family of Readers
Just finished reading an academic book that I read sections for a course for my Master's degree. Now that I have read the whole book it is a series of articles written by Roger Sutton and Martha V. Parravano, who are editors for 'The Horn Book Magazine'. This is a book that covers children's literature from baby books to young adult books. The pages shaded in gray throughout the book are lists of books for brief synopses of each book for each level of the reader's development. To me the main premise of this academic book is to get children, youth and teens to read books of all kinds and maybe talk about them with other adults.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth
Here is another book written and created by J.R.R. Tolkien and edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. This is a collection of chapters mainly from 'The Silmarillion' with various other notes for the stories that his son added and finished the book. This was a book that read along with reading 'The Silmarillion'. 'Unfinished Tales' was an interesting read in its' own right though.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Silmarillion
Who out there has read or wanted to read 'The Hobbit' or even 'The Lord of the Rings'? You have probably read 'The Hobbit' in some form in elementary school and even 'The Lord of the Rings' in high school. 'The Silmarillion' is written by J.R.R. Tolkien but the edition I read was edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. Basically, this is the very beginning of the adventures that Frodo and Bilbo will try to figure out way in the future of 'The Lord of Rings' and 'The Hobbit'.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Still another Mehndi
Here is another Mehndi coloring that I completed for I really enjoy doing this form of artwork. The white space in between the designs I used light blue and slightly smudged the color. I used purples, greens , pink and yellows for the flowers and in the center what I thought could be wheat kernels I did in mahogany. Please comment.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Art
Another Mehndi
Here is another Mehndi coloring that I completed. Sorry for the odd showing my computer moved but most of the drawing is showing. I used light and dark colors in this one and kind of muted the red for the white space around the actual design. I thought the outer border in black and the circle border in light blue was a good contrast. Please comment on this one.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Art
Camel
Here is another coloring project that I completed from one of my adult coloring books. I am hoping I caught the atmosphere of the desert with the blues I used for the sky and clouds, as well as for shades of brown for the sand dunes in the background and sand around the camel. Please comment.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Art
