One of the goals I’ve completed for Bloggiesta was to join Twitter (user name fondofbooks) I’ve been mainly lurking the past few days but it was completely different from what I was expecting. Despite my current lack of tweets it is much easier to use than I thought, and more mature (for some reason I […]
Review Pile Reading Challenge hosted by Fiktshun & Phantasmic Reads Yea for me, my first completed challenge of the year! In 2013 I’m not sure if I even completed one, I’m going to take this as a good sign. You can read all about ’em below. 1. An Untitled Lady by Nicky Penttila 2. Fractures by Lamar Herrin 3. The Riddle of […]
While I was reading Queen Elizabeth’s Daughter I felt like a foreign Bachelorette was being played in front of me, only with the Queen handing out the roses. It was clear that the bulk of this story would be about Mary’s love life and after being denied young love Queen Elizabeth feels it is her […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer Last Week on the Blog This Week on the Blog Book Haul
Spring Bloggiesta is almost here! Next week, March 27 – 30 the incentive to do a little spring cleaning on my blog will arise. (which is desperately needed I may add) My list will probably grow all the way through Bloggiesta but for now my honey-do list is: Back-up blog add link to my blog […]
I read The Collector of Dying Breaths slowly, as if I was taking my last breath. The story was as intoxicating as the perfumes described in its pages. When a story is told in two parts let alone two centuries I am usually drawn more towards one. This was not the case here. I was […]
It may not feel like it but Spring is upon us which also means it is time for the Once Upon A Time Challenge hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings. Challenge runs through March 21 – June 21 Categories: Fairy Tale Folklore Fantasy Mythology Last year I participated in Quest the First which requires five […]
The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau Publication Date: March 18, 2014 Touchstone Publishing Paperback; 496p ISBN-10: 1476708665 Series: Joanna Stafford, Book Two Genre: Historical Mystery The new novel The Chalice, by Nancy Bilyeau, sends readers on a page-turning historical quest. Set in Henry VIII’s England, the story is driven by plot twists, deceptions, spiritual searching and […]
Spring into a Good Book Read-a-Thon Hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair March 20 – March 26 Midnight to 11:59 p.m. (your time) It has been a long, long, long time since I participated in a read-a-thon (or at least it feels that way). A week of reading sounds exquisite. I’m not going to try and […]
At the start of Kyle Demore and the Timekeeper’s Key all I felt was missing was a lightening bolt scar, although there is so much more to this story. My catch phrase as a little kid was “What’s happening now Mom, what’s happening now?” That is how I felt about this novel, what will happen […]