It should come to no surprise that I love a good read-a-thon and that’s exactly what Michelle’s seasonal read-a-thons are. A Winter’s Respite is approaching, beginning on Monday, January 27 – Sunday, February 2. A whole glorious week of reading. I currently don’t have a list of books compiled but that will be my assignment […]
While reading the story of the two anonymous lovers I was convinced that the woman had to be one of the Chase Sisters but kept me wondering which girl it truly was as the woman had qualities that each woman possessed. The semi sci-fi story of the Blind Assassin, which the novel gets its title […]
hydraulic fracturing: the forcing open of fissures in subterranean rocks by introducing liquid at high pressure, esp. to extract oil or gas. Fractures started out with so much potential but never came into fruition. We begin with the main character Frank talking about suicide running in his family and how he had struggled with it. Next […]
Mini Bloggiesta is coming this weekend and how excited am I! With the new year comes a fresh set of eyes to scrutinize my blog. It amazing each time this event comes around when I realize how much improvement I could do. I’m sure my list will grow in the coming week but for now […]
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 Books I Acquired
Flavia grows up just a little in each novel and in The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches it is evident that she has matured and felt like a parent dropping their child off for the first day of kindergarten. While some of the innocence is lost her skills in deduction have increased. This mystery series is […]
Hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read Who is your blogger BFF? Tell us a little bit about him or her? If not tell us why you need or don’t need a blogger BFF. Erm, I’m a bit of an introvert but three bloggers that I admire and look to are: Felicia at Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog […]
“Nash first saw her as an apparition, a gilt London trinket set down by mistake at a dusty crossroads three miles north of town.” I’m not a romance kind of girl. It’s mushy gushy and not my style. But I do like the regency era so thought I’d give An Untitled Lady a try. It […]
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 […]
March is split in two, half being memories of years gone by, remembering the courting of Marmee, the births of their children and the March’s beliefs on slavery, even becoming conductors on the underground railroad. By putting their money where their mouth is, give a large sum of money to a fellow abolitionist to support […]