Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. Sisi: Empress on Her Own by Alison Pataki Expected Publication: March 8, 2016 Add to Goodreads Pre-Order Sisi: Empress on Her Own: A Novel For readers of Philippa Gregory, Paula McLain, and Daisy Goodwin comes […]
Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. At the Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell Publication Date: March 1, 2016 Add to Goodreads Pre-order at Amazon From the best-selling author of How to Live, a spirited account of one of the twentieth century’s […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This […]
The new year is approaching, and I’m summing it up with a meme entitled My Life According To The Books I Read In 2015 Describe yourself: Fairest by Marissa Meyer How do you feel: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Describe where you currently live: TheSwans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin If you could go anywhere, where […]
January: I have noted before that I watch a lot of movies, almost as much as I read books. ~ A Year Ahead in Blogging February: On Monday, after three day road trip we arrived in Florida to escape the cold winters of upper Wisconsin for three weeks. ~ Weekly Update 2/1/15 March: Her Kirtle […]
Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. The Lake House by Kate Morton Publication Date: October 20, 2015 Add to Goodreads Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented sixteen-year-old […]
The Classics Club monthly meme is another way to bring members of The Classics Club together. The post for the month will go up on the main page of this blog on the 2nd of the month, and you’ll have all month to respond over at your blog. Q: “Have you made changes to your list since […]
I haven’t participated in a classic spin in quite a while but needing a good kick in the pants to get motivated I figured would be the perfect opportunity. Rules: Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club List. Try to challenge yourself: list five you are dreading/hesitant to read, […]
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much […]
A Month of Favorites is hosted by Girlxoxo, Traveling with T and Estella’s Revenge I decided to “bend the rules” and share my favorite posts that best describe my year in blogging and also fitting as it is my last post of the year. Christmas in New Orleans — I started out the new year right after a nice Christmas […]