Leslie Jordan is one of those actors that brings me such joy, I literally squeal when I see him on the screen! This was the loveliest way to spend four hours and I was so sad when it ended. SYNOPSIS Viral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about the odd,... Continue Reading →
Three Dutch teenagers use the invisibility of their age and gender to join and successfully support the resistance in German occupied Netherlands during WWII. SYNOPSIS Told for the very first time, the astonishing true story of three fearless female resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It... Continue Reading →
Thanks, as always, goes to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting the meme that keeps my TBR under some semblance of control. Awe, who am I kidding, this meme is the only thing helping me stay organized every week. If you want to participate, feel free! The more the merrier (and... Continue Reading →
Thanks, as always, to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for this meme that keeps me focused on my current piles instead of looking at the 500 things I have on my Goodreads TBR. All you have to do to participate is answer the following three questions: What did you recently finish?What are you... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS RELEASING IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2022... Continue Reading →
Two of my three remaining reading resolutions were to read specific Nonfiction books and to show my library love. How did I do? We will never know because I failed at tracking! NonFiction Reader Challenge from BookdOut I loved this challenge when I picked it out last year. Shellyrae @ BookdOut put out these great... Continue Reading →
Ten whole audiobooks! Is this as many as in years past? No. Am I embarrassed or shy about these results? Also no. This puts me in the Weekend Warrior Category which feels accurate for this year. 2021 had black-to-back reading slumps that had me questioning where reading and books belonged in my life. In August... Continue Reading →
This reading challenge, hosted at Gather Together and Read, sounds tailor made for me. I am such a sucker for a book to movie adaptation. Was I objectively successful at reading adaptations during 2021? No. No, I was not. But, I will credit this challenge with putting The Chaos Walking Trilogy in my path. Book... Continue Reading →
Thanks, as always, to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for this meme that keeps me focused on my current piles instead of looking at the 500 things I have on my Goodreads TBR. If you want to join in the fun, just answer the three questions below about how your reading is going... Continue Reading →
Thanks, as always, to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for this meme that keeps me focused on my current piles instead of looking at the 500 things I have on my Goodreads TBR. If you want to join in the fun, just answer the three questions below about how your reading is going... Continue Reading →
Reading the classics, CanLit, and everything else. In bed.
The Official Site of Author, Joseph D. Newcomer
like a "historian" but with books
Book Club
Self - Love - Living
Forever lost in literature
Liz Dexter muses on freelancing, reading, and running ...
Silver Button Books 