It’s Friday! Time for another Book Blogger Hop hosted by Jennifer at Crazy for Books The Hop is designed to discover great book bloggers and be discovered yourself. Not only can we discover new blogs but great books to add to the ever growing wish-list. So hop on over and join the fun! We are […]
For the past few weeks I’ve been featuring Femme Fatales in literature. I’ve really enjoyed this feature and was thinking about making it an open meme. There are so many out there that I’m either forgetting or haven’t heard of before and would love to learn others take on the subject matter. For anyone who […]
Books Read: Movies Watched: Events Joined: Jane in June Cranford Read-Along 48 Hour Read-A-Thon The Huge TBR Readathon Awards: Premio Dardos
Behind a Mask is an excellent way to become acquainted with Alcott’s racier side. With a hidden identity used for publication (A.M. Barnard) it all fits together nicely in this unique thriller. From the beginning, I knew that there was something fishy going on and was pretty sure I knew the motive; my suspicions were […]
Pride and Prejudice I feel is the ultimate love story. Our heroine, Elizabeth Bennet is pretty, witty and wise with a great sense of time and humor. Mr. Darcy is rude, proud and very disagreeable, even if he is worth ten thousand a year. Both cannot stand each other. So what makes this the ultimate […]
I’m taking a bit of a hiatus while on vacation in Michigan. Just me, a lake and a stack of books. About fifteen years ago my family rented a cabin in the woods for two weeks. At the end of the first week my mom, brother and I drove home as school was starting and […]
You had me at Hitchcock. And if that wasn’t enough you can also throw in the great Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. These three mainstays of Golden Hollywood are all involved with the mysterious Rebecca. Rebecca is the story of an unnamed girl who marries the wealthy Maxim de Winter who was ruined after the […]
Cranford is a small town which is high in the population of female. In the first section of the book, every male who enters the town drops like flies making it feel jinxed or like an old-fashioned sorority. Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel is a sequence of short stories that all intertwine. I’m typically not a short […]
Lucy and her vivid imagination and determination to believe enables her to see Aslan first, convincing her siblings that he has returned being beneficial to their quest. Cheers and hope are sounded by his return uplifting the reader’s heart. This is until, Peter must duel Miraz and then one is holding their breath. I must […]
Kristen at Bookworming in the 21st Century hosted the first Huge TBR Readathon, a week long event lasting from June 14 -20. My reading was very sporadic during the week, an hour here an hour there, therefore I’m not sure how many hours I actually spent reading but I think it was 20ish. Here’s what […]