I’ve been thinking about this since I posted my book crushes on Valentine’s Day. Several of you seemed to like the idea and have plenty of book crushes of your own, so I thought I would start a monthly meme where we could write about the characters we feel strongly about. There are so many […]
Aleksandr Ferdinand is the son of the Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian empire. He finds himself on the run one night with a few loyal men and a Stormwalker, a two-legged machine that sounds like something out of Star Wars. Deryn Sharp is a girl who loved to fly with her father. Now that he’s dead, […]
Jane True is practically an outcast in her small town of Rockabill, Maine. She finds solace in swimming in the ocean, dangerously close to the whirlpool known as The Old Sow. When she finds a body in the water, her world changes beyond all recognition. The big draw for me was the cover. I love […]
Synopsis from the book cover: From the opening line–“Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last”–you will know that you are in the hands of a master storyteller and in the company of a fascinating woman hero. Inspired by a brief passage in Moby-Dick, Sena Jeter Naslund has created an enthralling and compellingly […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books. Read and Reviewed: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, The Postmistress by Sarah […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? 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 […]