End of year survey on December 18th? Yes, the year is not quite over yet but I don’t read as much in the month if December and decided to participate in the fabulous end of year survey created by Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner 1. Best Book You Read In 2013? (If you have to cheat […]
Waiting on Wednesday Hosted by Breaking the Spine Manor of Secrets by Katherine Longshore Publication Date: January 28, 2014 Pre-order: Amazon|Barnes & Noble Lady Charlotte Edmonds: Beautiful, wealthy, and sheltered, Charlotte feels suffocated by the strictures of upper-crust society. She longs to see the world beyond The Manor, to seek out high adventure. And most of all, […]
Manson is sick and twisted. Yet he is very complex and I felt Jeff Guinn excelled in exhibiting the life and times of Charles Manson. The first thing that comes to people’s minds with Charles Manson is the LaBianca/Tate murders. This biography explains how the makings of this came to pass beginning with his childhood. […]
Hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read Okay, so I totally messed up last week’s question so I’m doing that one this week, which is… Q: Tell us at least one new or unusual thing you’ve done in […]
As I found my Mid-way year meme I also found this fun time killer at Stuck in a Book. The Objective: By using the first lines of each month on your blog, you are given an overview of your blogging year. January: “I returned from Christmas vacation late last night after spending ten days in […]
Waiting on Wednesday Hosted by Breaking the Spine Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival by Jennifer Chiaverini Publication Date: January 14, 2014 Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase, rose to prominence in the antebellum years and was […]
Hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read Q: Bookselling Time: Go to your biggest bookcases. Go to the second shelf from the top and pick out the sixth book from the left. Handsell that book to us – even if you haven’t read it or if you hated it. (if you don’t have bookcases, don’t have six books […]
The reading challenges of 2014 have started… You Read How Many Books? Hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair DETAILS/RULES with Changes: Read, read, read! There are several levels to choose fromLevel 1: 100 minimumLevel 2: 150 at leastLevel 3: 200 or more You may move up a level but not down You don’t need a blog […]
Waiting on Wednesday Hosted by Breaking the Spine Careless People by Sarah Churchwell Publication Date: January 23rd The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame, days from turning twenty-six years old, and returning to New York for the publication of his fourth book, Tales of the Jazz Age. A spokesman […]
Read: Insurgent by Veronica Roth What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell Alex by Pierre Lemaitre DNF: Allegiant by Veronica Roth Challenge Progress: Pride and Prejudice Bicentenary: 0/3Pre-1960s Classic Children’s books: 6/12Back to the Classics: 1/5 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge 0/2 Events: Netgalley November Clean Out Your E-reader Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge & Read-a-Thon