Just a quick notice for a readathon next month. Sarah, at Sarah Says is hosting the Summer Mini-Readathon on July 10. The thing I like about this challenge is that it is only for a 12 hour block and you can choose whatever time period works best for you. I love readathons of all kinds […]
Even though I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling every year, this time it’s different. With the up-coming last film approaching, it feels like an end to an era. I promise I won’t go weepy-eyed on you, or at least I will try… I cried, I laughed and then I […]
Crazy for Books hosts a weekly meme Book Blogger Hop creating a chance to catch up on older and favorite blogs that you may be neglecting and discovering new ones in the process. Blog Summary: I mainly review fiction and classic literature I’m currently rereading the Harry Potter series before the final film is released […]
Thursday Tea is a weekly meme hosted by Anastasia at Birdbrain{ed} Book Blog. The Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling Even though I read this series at least a dozen times, this time it’s different, because with the up-coming last film approaching, it feels like an end to an era. […]
As I saw Sarah Palin in Dolores Umbridge in The Order of the Phoenix I’ve found Barack Obama as Harry Potter in The Half-Blood Prince. Let’s start with the basics shall we? Both Harry and Barack have been dubbed “The Chosen One” at one time or another bringing hope and the thought of change to […]
It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey to recount what has been read the previous week and what you plan to read this week. Books Read: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander Currently Reading: Harry Potter and […]
From the beginning I knew there was a secret even deeper repressed than just the fall of the Romanovs. His dear May had a vast collection of Fabergé eggs an item Alexandra Fyodorovna, Tsarina collected. The couple’s only child, a son had hemophilia, a disorder that the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich had. And what happened to […]
Thursday Tea is a weekly meme hosted by Anastasia at Birdbrain{ed} Book Blog. The Book: The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander is a historical fiction of the Romanov’s last days in the Ipatiev House seen through the eyes of a kitchen boy. The Tea: Good Strong English Tea — That is seriously the name of […]
I have a whole new appreciation for this book and another reason to loath Dolores Umbridge — Dolores Umbridge is Sarah Palin! The similarities are glaringly obvious. I shall start at the beginning with her being McCain/Fudge’s right-hand man {or women}. Both where not well-known outside of their community before being promoted to a higher […]
It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey to recount what has been read the previous week and what you plan to read this week. Books Read: Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Currently Reading: Harry Potter […]