Month: February 2010

Monthly Review: February 2010

February 28, 2010 Whitney Monthly Review 0 Comments
Monthly Review: February 2010

Books Read: Read-a-Longs Gone with the Wind   Currently Reading: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton   Save Save Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 169 other subscribers

Divider

Old Classics Are New Again

February 20, 2010 Whitney books 2 Comments
Old Classics Are New Again

Penguin Books with the help of designer Coralie Bickford-Smith are sprucing up literature’s great works, “ditching their stuffy dust jackets for smartly embossed canvas covers. Perfect for replacing well-thumbed favorites or creating a bookshelf piece de resistance”. I love me a good classic, and these covers are so beautiful they are something to stand back […]

Divider

It’s Monday What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books in which  readers share what they have read, are currently reading and what’s next on the tbr. Read No Angels by Penny Vincenzi Currently Reading The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Up Next Trickster’s […]

Divider

No Angel by Penny Vincenzi

February 14, 2010 Whitney Review 1 Comment
No Angel by Penny Vincenzi

Impressions While Reading No Angel by Penny Vincenzi is a a page turner and what I felt to be an accurate account of that time of history.  Penny Vincenzi references the woman’s suffrage movement,  medicine, social affairs and the after effects of war.  There are very few cliff-hanger at the end of No Angel as most […]

Divider

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

February 3, 2010 Whitney Review 0 Comments
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

First Impressions I actually read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold several years ago.  At first, I was very hesitant because of the subject matter.  Do I really want to read about a 14-year-old getting raped and murdered?  I was only a few years older than Susie  at the time.  I ended  up loving it.  […]

Divider