Road to Avonlea fans may already know that series was inspired by L.M. Montgomery’s two novels, The Story Girl and The Golden Road, but they may not have realized that the actual episodes are available as eBooks!

In a recent Huffington Post article, writer Ilana Teitelbaum compares the bestselling novel, The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, with L.M. Montgomery’s classic book, Anne of Green Gables.  Although their subject matter may be different, with The Help focusing on racial prejudices in America during the 1960’s, Ilana explains their connection.

This month, Shop At Sullivan is having a Summer Reading Book Sale, offering up to 50% off selected books!  This is the perfect chance for you to stock up on your reading material, including classic L.M. Montgomery novels, movie companion books, cookbooks, audio books, children’s books and more!  Here is a look at just some of the items on sale.

For all lovers of a good murder-mystery, there’s a new detective novel to check out, starring Mozart himself.  Author Matt Rees has published a book called Mozart’s Last Aria, which builds on the famously murky circumstances surrounding the beloved musician’s death.

A recent article in the Huffington Post reminded me of the satisfaction someone can receive by reading a series of books in one fell swoop.  Columnist Dave Astor used the recent release of the final Harry Potter film to prove his point.  He writes:

It is a rare circumstance when an aspiring writer can receive in-depth and continuous feedback about his work from a famous poet.  But this was the case for Franz Kappus, a 19-year-old student at the Military Academy of Vienna who wrote to the great German lyric poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, after learning that the writer attended the same college as him. He received the most thoughtful observations about life and the art of writing in return.

No matter how much time passes since Charlotte Bronte first wrote her epic novel, Jane Eyre, no one loses interest in the plight of her steadfast heroine, Jane.  But what if the tables were turned and we could judge the story from another viewpoint?  In her 1966 novel, Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys did what nobody else thought to do before: take the reader inside the mind of the madwoman in the attic.

One of our goals for this site, in particular the “Life Altering Books” section, is to share our appreciation for the literature, poetry, quotes and even songs, that have impacted our lives – in both small and big ways.  Here is one passage from a favourite novel, To the Lighthouse, written by Virginia Woolf in 1927.  It spans the years 1910 to 1920.