I lived on Fairy Tales when I was younger with Snow White being my favorite. Of course I grew up on the sanitized Disney version, my room was an advertisement to the Princess and learned how to work the VCR for a constant loop of Snow White and her seven little men. All in my […]
I will be MIA this month. My brother is getting married on the 17th. My family is very, very excited about this but with all the happy hectics that comes with a wedding, I will be an absentee blogger. Way back in June, I had a call out for guest bloggers, keeping the blog active […]
Currently Reading: The Age of Ice by J.M. Sidorova The Fairest of Them All by Carolyn Turgeon Books Reviewed: You Are One of Us by Elliot Holt A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Eve in Hollywood by Amor Towles Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley The Never List by Koethi Zan In the […]
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. This Week on […]
This was a very odd book. The beginning was ok, it talked about her/his grandparents Desdemona and Lefty, who were also brother and sister living in the old country and emigrating to America and eventually getting married. When Callie was born who is Desdemona and Lefty’s granddaughter that it started to get a little unbelievable […]
This may sound a little snobbish but as a general rule I don’t read novels that have a cartoonish drawing on the cover; I typically take that as a warning sign for being a trashy novel. Please don’t ask why I picked it up. Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews centers around Mary Bliss […]
The High Summer Read-a-Thon hosted by Michelle of The True Book Addict starts today! A week long read-a-thon running from July 22 – 28 Below is my list of books and I should note that it is most probable that I will only read two, but nonetheless they are: The Age of Ice by J.M. Sidorova James Clyde […]
>The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. This Week on […]
It’s Bloggiesta time! I’m very happy with my blog and think my upkeep is doing just fine until Bloggiesta rolls around and I see all the imperfections and improvements that need to be made. This is a weekend blog improvement being Saturday and Sunday, yes the post is a few hours premature this just so […]
Olive Kitteridge is beautifully written but if possible, almost too much so. A strange critic, but because of this I had to reread portions to make sure I understood what was going on and did not develop a connection to any of the characters, nor did I care when one exited and another entered. An […]