Hosted by Breaking the Spine Cress by Marissa Meyer Publication Date: February 4, 2014 Rapunzel’s tower is a satellite. She can’t let down her hair—or her guard. In this third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to […]
Hosted by Breaking the Spine Still Life with Breadcrumbs by Anna Quindlen Publication Date: January 28, 2014 Pre-Order: Amazon|Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Still Life with Bread Crumbs begins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer whose work made […]
Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Read review books in timely manner and post review accordingly Schedule reviews Comment on five blogs a day Two must be on book reviews Read at least ten books on my tbr that have been there for six months or more Read 100 books Life gets busy, […]
The new year is approaching, and I’m summing it up with a meme hosted by The Happily Ever After… entitled My Life According To The Books I Read In 2013 Describe yourself: The Fairest of Them All by Carolyn Turgeon How do you feel: Fairest by Gail Carson Levine Describe where you currently live: By the Shores of Silver Lake […]
Waiting on Wednesday Hosted by Breaking the Spine Manor of Secrets by Katherine Longshore Publication Date: January 28, 2014 Pre-order: Amazon|Barnes & Noble Lady Charlotte Edmonds: Beautiful, wealthy, and sheltered, Charlotte feels suffocated by the strictures of upper-crust society. She longs to see the world beyond The Manor, to seek out high adventure. And most of all, […]
Hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read Okay, so I totally messed up last week’s question so I’m doing that one this week, which is… Q: Tell us at least one new or unusual thing you’ve done in […]
As I found my Mid-way year meme I also found this fun time killer at Stuck in a Book. The Objective: By using the first lines of each month on your blog, you are given an overview of your blogging year. January: “I returned from Christmas vacation late last night after spending ten days in […]
Waiting on Wednesday Hosted by Breaking the Spine Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival by Jennifer Chiaverini Publication Date: January 14, 2014 Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase, rose to prominence in the antebellum years and was […]
Hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read Q: Bookselling Time: Go to your biggest bookcases. Go to the second shelf from the top and pick out the sixth book from the left. Handsell that book to us – even if you haven’t read it or if you hated it. (if you don’t have bookcases, don’t have six books […]
Waiting on Wednesday Hosted by Breaking the Spine Careless People by Sarah Churchwell Publication Date: January 23rd The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame, days from turning twenty-six years old, and returning to New York for the publication of his fourth book, Tales of the Jazz Age. A spokesman […]