Thanks, as always, goes to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting the weekly meme that reminds me that it is okay to have a plan when reading. And the joy I feel when I can report that a book was finished feels even better on a Wednesday. If you want to... Continue Reading →
Between Christmas and New Year's Eve I always feel like watching suspenseful or action movies. I stumbled across the excellent 1992 Kathleen Turner film, V.I. Warshawski, and then went in hunt of the book series that inspired the film. SYNOPSIS Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year! New Year, new opportunities to read. Thanks, as always, goes to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting the weekly meme that reminds me that it is okay to have a plan when reading. And the joy I feel when I can report that a book was finished feels... Continue Reading →
I saw this book during Nonfiction November 2021 and I knew I had to read it. This book will quickly convince you of one thing; the fringe is the new normal. SYNOPSIS Since 2015, there has been a spectacular boom in a nearly two-hundred-year-old delusion—the idea that we all live on a flat plane, under... Continue Reading →
I never know how to wrap up the last year or start the new one. This is even harder when I manage to, once again, drop the ball with tracking my reading and challenges. So, when I spotted this lovely New Year's Book Tag on Kristin Kraves Books I thought this was the perfect way... Continue Reading →
Thanks, as always, goes to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting the weekly meme that reminds me that it is okay to have a plan when reading. And the joy I feel when I can report that a book was finished feels even better on a Wednesday. If you want to... Continue Reading →
Just once, I would like to fill the pages of a journal or diary from cover to cover. If anything will inspire you, this book will. SYNOPSIS This beautifully packaged facsimile of Edith Holden’s original diary is filled with a naturalist’s masterful paintings and delightful observations chronicling the English countryside throughout 1906. As one of... Continue Reading →
It has been nearly a month since I managed a WWW and I miss the organization it brings to my chaotic reading. Thanks, as always, goes to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting the weekly meme that reminds me that it is okay to have a plan when reading. If you... Continue Reading →
Another apocalyptic YA book that challenged my comfort on numerous levels. Holy moly, this book got my heart pumping. SYNOPSIS Dry meets Hatchet in this thrilling tale of survival following a teen girl who must lead her friends across country to the safety of her estranged father’s survivalist compound after a mass power failure leaves the country in... Continue Reading →
I didn't really want to read this book at all and now I cannot shut up about it. By the end of the book I was all but giving it a standing ovation. SYNOPSIS An overachieving teen witch vies for a prestigious scholarship at her elite high school in this contemporary YA fantasy for fans... Continue Reading →
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