Clan of the Cave Bear is a book like no other. If you go into reading it expecting book like others then you will lose interest in it very quickly. But then again if you expect to much then you could be disappointed. Hmm…not helping much am I? Well, Jean Auel [...]

This book really sucked me in quite fast, I thought the concept was fascinating.  However, in the end, I’m really left with mixed feelings about the book overall that I’m still having trouble resolving and it’s been almost two weeks since I finished.
Ayla was by far the easiest character for me to relate to.  She’s [...]

I sit her with tears “caked” to the side of my face. “Caked” was a word used often in this book, as though it was the only proper way to described dried tears. It’s not entirely inappropriate, but it created associations I’d probably be better without – caked food, for example, shouldn’t be in the [...]