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 […]
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