The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Nefertari is the orphaned neice of Queen Nefertiti. Once adored, Nefertiti is now reviled as a heretic who banished the traditional gods of Egypt. Unfortunately for Nefertari, the transgressions of Nefertiti have become a stain on her reputation as well. As the member of a despised family, Nefertiti is [...]
A is for Atticus by Lorilee Craker
“A is for Atticus” is a fun book, as far as baby naming books go. Craker provides background and entertaining commentary on each and every name. Her personality really shone through - not something I would expect in a baby name book. I must say, I grew a [...]
Most of us book bloggers like to write book reviews- if we don’t love to write book reviews- but here’s today’s question. When it comes to LT (and your blog), do you review every book you read? Do you just review Early Reviewers or ARCs? Do you review only if you like a book, or [...]
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
I feel like I’m pretty far behind the curve reading this latest collection of Lahiri’s stories. “Unaccustomed Earth” came out during a time when I wasn’t really buying new books. I asked the people at Half Price Books to notifiy me if a copy came in and I kept telling my [...]
Janeology by Karen Harrington (see Karen’s blog)
A mother attempts to murder her young twins and succeeds in killing one of them, as well as the family dog. A father stands trial for his wife’s crime, accused of criminal negligance. A lawyer employs a psychic to delve into the past of his client’s wife, determined to prove [...]
1. Do you have a favorite author?
Books, movies, songs, I never really have ONE favorite, usually a lot that I like. These questions will work best with one author, though, so if I have to choose one I’ll say John Steinbeck, as he has 2 books in my top 5 favorite list (”East of Eden” [...]
Here are some of the keywords, including the ones that made me go ‘huh???’, that brought people to my site last month:
when will twilight be reviewed? Twilight the book has been reviewed innumerable times, including here by me.
bebook review I’m sorry, but I have no idea what this means. You want to be a book? [...]
Well, this is the fewest books I have read in a month since I started blogging, I only read 8 books, down one even from last month, mostly due to the lingering effects of my reading funk earlier this month. Even worse, I have only reviewed 5 of the 8 books I read! However, I [...]
Blog Widgets. Do you use them? Do you have them on your blog? Do you know what I’m talking about? A blog widget is that list of books “From my LibraryThing” and such, that you’ll sometimes see on someone’s sidebar. If you use it, do all of your books show up or do you [...]
Cassandra and Jane by Jill Pitkeathley
Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra were the only two daughters in their family and neither of them married, resulting in a life-long close relationship between the two. “Cassandra and Jane” is told from Cassandra’s point of view, after Jane’s death as Cassandra is looking through the letters they exchanged [...]
