The artful Reader

Photo courtesy UK Times I’ve been I have been wanting to write this blog for a long time . It took me awhile to gather my materials and reread Summer in February again by Jonathan Smith. This blog is going to be like a six degrees of sepaparation crazy connection leading to how I got to my love of Cornwall. The only way to start this , and I should have included a Downton Abbey photo . But I had so many photos already and I wanted to write ! Well of course all Downton fans loved Daniel Stevens who played Matthew . When I saw he was in this film Summer in February I had to have it ! of course at the time it was only available on Amazon UK and not in US . I purchased a Sony DVD player that would play region 1 and 2 DVD’s . So now I could get foreign films ! In glee I ordered the film and the book . I have to say the film was one of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen . SPOILERS AHEAD !It is a tragic love story ,but a beautiful one . You already know I’m an artist and what intri...

    I was going to start another book and a whole different review but after reading this book and attending funeral services for s dear friend who lost her husband to brain cancer I changed my mind .     Everyone one of us of a certain age remembers 9/11 in a different way . I was getting ready for work and my mother called and said to turn on the television and I watched the second plane crash . I said I was running late for work and I would call her and keep the news on and not to be scared .When I went to to work everyone seemed oddly calm ,we are about three hours away from the city . The radio was on quietly . I was a NYS Licensed Optician at the the time and actually fitted a woman who’s uncle was working in the Pentagon . No one had cell phone service . She was calm though getting fitted for glasses talking quietly . They sent us home at one o’clock not saying why . We thought maybe Albany was at risk but later found out we lost many people that day in...

Above photo credit photo by Liz Fenwick Bottom photo by Lynne Vokatis Open the door today and my blog is going to be about one of my favorite authors ,LizFenwick I mentioned in my first blog post that I had always been a reader. When I decided to write a book blog I was overcome with the initial excitement then the crushing weight of all those years of books came tumbling down. Where to start ? I got thinking of the books I donated  ,on my kindle,on Audible.com ,books in totes and books on my books shelves. I took down a pile of books to take a photo for World Book Day the other day and looked athe array of books and how eclectic my reading style is and impossible this is going to be ! So I said I’m just going to start anew with someone who has come to mean much to me as an author Liz Fenwick . Previously from watching Downton Abey and who didn’t fall in love with Mathew ? , I came across a book called Summer in February ,which led to the movie and will lead to another co...

Hi my name is Lynne Marie Vokatis and I am starting a fresh new adventure in writing. This is going to be my reading and book blog. First I’ll start by telling you alittle about myself . I’m single and dating a wonderful man ,have a beautiful rescue/adopted black lab/shorthair pointer mix Daisy we’re not quite sure how old she is about nine this year.Eleven years ago someone dropped off a bedraggled ball of kitten that is Lizzie possibly a Maine coon . I like to think so because I love all thing Maine. I am a professional fine artist working primararily in pastel .i love the ocean and there is no place where I am happier . I love gardening and of course reading. I have been painting and reading since I was a child . There was no better gift than a book and house was filled with The Little Golden Books. All my earliest books were all about animals . In 2015 I had a car accident and suffered quite a few injuries. It took time and rest for my body to heal . But I suffered f...