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 […]
The 24 in 48 Readathon started this morning, July 23 and runs through Sunday, July 24. I am so excited to take part in this amazing event hosted by Rachel at the official 24 in 48 Readathon blog. Her description of the event is as follows: 24 is for the number of hours, not […]
First Impressions My knowledge of Mara Hari extended to her profession as an exotic dancer. It seemed a bit one-dimensional at first. Although, Michelle Moran always excels at expanding the lives of historical figures. Thus plowed right in, preparing myself for Fantine’s “I dreamed a dream”. Impressions While Reading I need not have worried. Margaretha […]
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-a-Million | IndieBound Review The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose is a ghost story of historical proportions. Like in The Witch of Painted Sorrows, the first book of The Daughters of La Lune series, M.J. Rose created a mystical setting in Paris that one can only […]
The High Summer Read-a-thon hosted by Michelle at Seasons of Reading starts today, July 18 and runs to the 24th. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m horrible at updating Read-a-thon posts but, at the very least I wrap it up here. I am ready to get my read on and have a few […]