Train first caught my attention when they came out with “Meet Virginia” back around 1998. Yeah, that long ago. When they released “Drops of Jupiter” in 2001, I was completely, totally in love. That was about the time that I was falling completely, totally in love with my hubby, so I think all of that […]
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake: Book Review
5 Stars. Beautiful. I opened this novel, already in love with the cover, and fell in love with the writing contained within. It’s not a beauty that keeps you at arm’s distance. It’s a beauty that seductively whispers, “Come closer. Read what I have to say. See what I’m showing you.” And then it […]
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde: Book Review
In the future, after the Something That Happened, people’s places in society are determined by the color they can see. Purples are the ruling class and Greys are sort of the untouchables. Eddie Russett is a bit of a rogue. He thought of a new idea for queuing and new ideas are frowned upon. After […]
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull: Book Review
Eddi McCandry is a rocker with a big heart. She attracts the attention of the Seelie Court and her life is turned upside down. I absolutely loved this. If you know me, and maybe if you don’t, you know that Charles de Lint is my favorite author. This is something very much in the same […]
Illustrated Books: Booking Through Thursday
This week, Booking Through Thursday asks, How do you feel about illustrations in your books? Graphs? Photos? Sketches? I can’t say that I always spend a lot of time looking at them, but I like them. They just add a little extra something. I loved the illustrations China Miéville did for his own book, Un […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books. Finished and Reviewed:Cybele’s Secret by Juliet MarillierThe Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Currently Reading:Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde Up Next: Again, I’m not sure. I recently checked a stack of “new” young adult books […]
The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Book Review
David Martín is a writer of penny dreadfuls who is offered a huge sum of money to write a book for a French publisher. He can’t find any evidence that the publisher actually exists though, and violent things start happening to David’s friends and colleagues. I was rocking through the first half of the book, […]
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot: Book Review
I don’t have a review written up for this book, but I have loved it since the first time I read it. It was summer break, I must have been in high school, and I had finished all the books I had checked out from the library. I didn’t feel like re-reading anything, so in […]
Cybele’s Secret by Juliet Marillier: Book Review
Paula is accompanying her father to Constantinople on a trading trip. She might “only” be a seventeen-year-old girl, but she’s an intelligent, able assistant. They’re in search of an ancient religious artifact, Cybele’s Gift. Once in Constantinople, Paula starts seeing strange visions, visions that she feels sure are coming from the Other Kingdom, the fairy […]
Grammar: Booking Through Thursday
In honor of National Grammar Day … it IS “March Fourth” after all … do you have any grammar books? Punctuation? Writing guidelines? Style books? More importantly, have you read them? How do you feel about grammar in general? Important? Vital? Unnecessary? Fussy? Bad grammar drives me crazy. I can see my family bracing for […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books wants to know what we’re reading this week. Reviewed:Persuasion by Jane Austen Finished and Reviewed: Between, Georgia by Joshilyn JacksonLife of Pi by Yann Martel Currently Reading: Cybele’s Secret by Juliet Marillier Up Next: I’m not too sure. Possibly Daughter of My People by […]