Friday, July 27, 2012

Welcome to The Cherry Tree!

Hi! I'm Linette!  I started this blog to post reviews of books that I read.  I know I'm always looking for advice on what to read, so I'm hoping my reviews will give other people some ideas!

Now, before I post any reviews, I want to explain why I called my blog "The Cherry Tree."  When I was little, I memorized the poem "Foreign Lands" by Robert Louis Stevenson.  I always loved how the child could see so much just by climbing into the cherry tree.  When I was trying to think of an appropriate name for my blog of book reviews, it occurred to me that reading is sort of like climbing into that cherry tree.  When I read a book, I get a view of  "many pleasant places more/ that I had never seen before," just like the child in the poem.  I hope you can see the "many pleasant places" through my reviews.