His Majesty’s Dragon begins when Captain Will Laurence’s ship has just overpowered a French ship. Napoleon is slowly conquering Europe, so any defeat of the French, no matter how small, is a big deal. As Will’s crew is inventorying the French ship’s cargo, they find something unusual: a dragon egg. But complications arise when they […]
Ceony Twill has put herself through magic school in only a year when most people take two. She’s a smart girl and she’s hoping that her magic will be based on metal. She wants to design weapons and machines and things that matter. Instead, she gets paper. Boring old, get-it-wet-and-it-falls-apart paper. She’s crushed. She hopes […]
Ursula Todd is born on a cold winter’s night in England in 1910…over and over again. Sometimes she is stillborn, other times she makes it through, only to die later and start over at the same place. Each time, something is a little different and her life takes drastically diverging paths as a result. Someone […]
The Lenore women grow a rare flower that is the secret ingredient in their powerful perfume. Each generation, only a few women are chosen to wear their coveted scent. These women inevitably rise to the top of their professions and become the envy of the world. But Willow, Mya, and Lucia Lenore, the current generation, […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I’m still here! It’s been a ridiculously busy summer so I just haven’t had time to blog. I have done a lot of reading though. Here’s a little bit of what’s been going on. Posted: Review: Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List […]
In this modern-day retelling of Jane Eyre, Jane Moore is a penniless student who’s just had to drop out of college and take a job as a nanny working for rock star Nico Rathburn. I love Jane Eyre. I love Mr. Rochester. The idea of this book intrigued me. How exactly would all that Gothic […]
Testimony covers a lot of ground, from the making of the movie, Schindler’s List, to the idea of filming Holocaust survivor testimonies, to the actual project, and now sharing the testimonies and collecting new ones from ongoing genocides around the world. The first half of the book kept my attention better than the second half. […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Nothing. Again. Read: The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation Jane by April Lindner 3:00 AM by Nick Pirog Currently Reading: High Five by Janet Evanovich One Summer: America, […]
Welcome to my weekly update for June 2, 2014! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I got behind in a busy May! I haven’t posted one of these since May 4. That’s a month ago! Where does […]
Scott Landon, award-winning novelist, died two years ago. His wife, Lisey, is finally cleaning out his study. As she goes through his old papers, awards, and photos, buried memories come boiling to the surface. Then she gets a call from a man who tells her to hand over her late husband’s unpublished work or face […]
Doc Holliday. To most of us, it’s a name out of legend. The Wild West. The Shootout at the O.K. Corral. Wyatt Earp. But there’s a real man behind the myth and in this work of fiction, author Mary Doria Russell tries to find him. I must admit upfront that the O.K. Corral, etc. is […]