"Books may well be the only true magic." -Alice Hoffman
Synopsis "There are those who don't deserve to live - and the corpse floating in Elliott Bay may have been one of those people. Not surprisingly, many individuals, too many in fact, are eager to take responsibility for the brutal slaying of the hated biotech executive whose alleged crimes ranged from the illegal trading of … Continue reading Name Withheld (J.P. Beaumont #13) by J.A. Jance
Synopsis "'Love is often hard, ignored, or hilarious (eventually),' writes Anne Lamott in Somehow. 'Love looks like you - to me and to a few others. And this is the hardest thing to believe.' In her twentieth book, Lamott explores the power of love in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront … Continue reading Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great April and start to spring. This month I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen for the Rory Gilmore Book Club. It was also on my list for the Classics Club. I was very overdue for reading this classic and decided this was the year I … Continue reading A Pride and Prejudice Appreciation Post
Photo by Polina Zimmerman on Pexels.com 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. Hello everyone and happy … Continue reading Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon
Hello everyone, I'm very excited that it is time for another Classics Club spin! This challenge was started by The Classics Club blog. The rules are… “At your blog, before Sunday 21st April, 2024 create a post that lists twenty books of your choice that remain “to be read” on your Classics Club list. This is your Spin … Continue reading The Classics Club (Spin #37)
Hello everyone, Today Sophie Kinsella, author of many novels including the bestselling Shopaholic series, shared a heartbreaking health update. She has shared that she is well and stable now, but it was shocking to hear what she has been going through in the last few years in which she has been away from the public … Continue reading With Love, From a Reader to a Shopaholic
Synopsis "A pretty, popular teenager never returned from her secret tryst in Skeleton Canyon. Perhaps it was youthful rage or savage passion that ripped the life from a child of privilege and abandoned her broken body to the cold Arizona night. Or maybe she stumbled onto something terrible, something too dangerous to know. Now dark … Continue reading Skeleton Canyon (Joanna Brady #5) by J.A. Jance
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. Hello everyone! I can’t believe we are already … Continue reading What Makes Me Instantly Want to Read a Book?
Photo by Jess Bailey Designs on Pexels.com Hello everyone! I can't believe it's already April. The spring holidays continue to fly by and the warmer temperatures we've been having in Arizona are reminding me that unfortunately (ha) summer is inching ever closer. I recently read a couple Harlequin Intrigue books for the first time and … Continue reading Harlequin Intrigue Mini Reviews
Synopsis "Clare Kendry is living on the edge. Light-skinned, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past after deciding to "pass" as a white woman. Clare's childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within … Continue reading Passing by Nella Larsen
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