Moll Flanders

I recently watched the movie version of this novel by Daniel DeFoe. I enjoy watching Morgan Freeman, and he was one of the actors in the movie. Yet as I watched, I kept thinking "no way!" This young woman endured so much. I went away from the movie strongly desiring to read the book, as I was curious to see just what DeFoe wrote. So now, I'm reading Moll Flanders.....and yes, the movie deviated from the book early on. I hoping for a more redemptive story in the book, but I just may be disappointed.

Miss Julia series

I thought I'd write about some of the books I've read in the last year. I'll start with the Miss Julia series. The author is Ann Ross. It's a saga about small town life in NC (kinda reminds one of the Mitford series). She's a widow who experiences and reflects on her life up til now..... It's full of little Southern "courtesies" etc. humorous, yet at the same time sometimes I just wanted to shake her for her stupidity and say "duh" There are 4 books. First is Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind, then Miss Julia Takes Over, Miss Julia Throws a Wedding, and finally Miss Julia Hits the Road. I did occasionally chuckle out loud, so that warrants a few extra points.