Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 She threw her arms around Pearl. Across the table, Moody gave […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: The doorbell rang at 9:17 on the evening of February 4, 1974. From their perch on the sofa in the living room, Patricia Hearst and Steven Weed looked at each other and shrugged. No one was expected. But it was Berkley, so who knew? Hosted by […]
Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addict Question: When reading a book, do you use a bookmark to mark your place in the book, or do you just fold over the top corner of the page? Answer I always use a bookmark. It is sinful to dog-ear a book Hosted by Rose City Reader […]
Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addict Question: Do you participate in readathons and/or reading challenges? Answer Yes, I love readathons as they always get me motivated and are a great excuse to read all day — not that I need one! As for reading challenges, I do participate in reading challenges but always fail […]
Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addict Question: Do you ever go “way back” to when you first started blogging and look at your old review posts? Do you see any differences from then to now? Answer My very first review was Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. My goodness, minus a few sentences on […]
Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addict Question: Do you read tie-in novels to movies or television series? If so, which ones? Answer: Yes, I really enjoy reading novels that having been adapted to the big screen. I usually stick to the genres I read anyway, dramas and historical fiction. Nine times out of ten […]
Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addict Question: What is your go-to drink and/or snack while reading? Answer Tea is my go-to reading beverage. It doesn’t matter what the temperature is outside, a hot cup a tea and a good book go perfectly together all year round. As for snacking, well…guilty as charged. It takes […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Hosted by Freda’s Voice The Orphan Train by Pam Jenoff Beginning: Prologue Paris They will be looking for me by now. 56% I hesitate, considering. I don’t care that his father is the mayor, not in the way that Astrid and the others do. If his father […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: It was December first. Angela Gillespie did as she’d done on that date for the past thirty-three years. She sat down at her desk before dinner and prepared to write her annual Christmas letter. Hosted by Freda’s Voice 56% “That is enough. You’ve stepped over the line.” “No I […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: Prologue Thea, Rome, September, A.D. 81 I opened my wrist with one firm stroke of the knife, watching with interest as the blood leaped out of the vein. My wrists were latticed with knife scars, but I still found the sight of my blood fascinating. Hosted by Freda’s Voice […]