First Impressions In July my book club read The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison. Outside of David Sedaris, I do not read short stories or essays. I typically don’t have the patience for them. There is not enough meat on their bones. I prefer longer novels that give me time to sink my teeth into […]
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound Review The Munich Girl by Phyllis Edgerly Ring is an elegant historical fiction novel of Eva Braun. Besides being Adolph Hitler’s mistress (and short-lived wife) little is known about this woman in history. The Munich Girl is essentially a story of discovering oneself and is shared […]
First Impressions When I first acquired The Winemakers written by Jan Moran I looked forward to starting up my kindle for a fun historical set in Italy. Sadly, these thoughts were quickly diminished. Impressions On Plot Jan Moran has written a book the held potential but quickly went awry. What started out as a novel […]
First Impressions Perhaps it is my obsession with Dateline, but I have a sick affinity with novels that involve women in peril. After reading the synopsis of The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh I felt it fit the bill. I thought the novel would be a cut and dry whodunit. While the “whodunit” part […]
Today, I am very excited to host an interview with M.J. Rose author of The Secret Language of Stones. Please tell us a bit about The Secret Language of Stones? As World War I rages and the Romanov dynasty reaches its sudden, brutal end, a young jewelry maker works at La Fantasie Russie. The jewelry […]
Do you write a monthly wrap-up post? How did you do this month? Share with me and/or visit The Book Date who has a monthly link-up for exactly that. Books Reviewed in July 2016 July Reading Statistics Number of Books from Library 3 Number of Books Owned: 3 ARCs Read: 3 Fiction/Non-Fiction Ratio 6 […]
First Impressions Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah takes patience, 150 pages of patience. Although, I plugged on because I could tell the book had potential. In reality, I had to wade through a lot of bullshit from Anya’s daughters Meredith and Nina to get to the good stuff. Anya’s story, the truth behind her fairy […]
The Write On Review-a-Thon is a challenge hosted by Book Bumblings. From Friday through Sunday, we all band together and write as many reviews as possible. It’s a weekend for you to either catch up on reviews or get ahead on upcoming ones. It doesn’t matter if you write one review or 10 – if […]
Welcome to Task It Tuesday! created by the Awesome Felicia The Geeky Blogger and is hosted by Michelle at Because Reading is better than real life! My Tasks this week Write reviews — this goes hand in hand with the Review-a-thon hosted by Book Bumblings this weekend Update SEO — since moving from Blogger to […]
Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer is a chance to share news~ A weekly wrap-up for 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. It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a […]