It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Giveaway: The Fountain of St. James Court: or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman by Sena Jeter Naslund Review: Vintage by Susan Gloss–3 Stars Review: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple–4 Stars Review: The Sunday Wife by Cassandra […]
Welcome to an alternative England, where characters from nursery rhymes investigate nursery crimes and the investigation is more focused on getting a good story than on getting a correct conviction. Jack Spratt and his new partner, Mary Mary, have just been assigned to investigate the death of Humpty Dumpty. But this seemingly straightforward investigation is […]
Dean Lynch is a Methodist preacher’s wife, a role she finds nearly impossible to fill. She comes from a “white trash” background, to use her description, so saying the right thing at the right time and being peaches and cream in all situations just doesn’t come naturally to her. When her husband is sent to […]
Bernadette Fox is an…eccentric…mother and wife living in Seattle. Her daughter, Bee, is an excellent student and has asked for a family cruise to Antarctica as a reward for earning all A’s (or her school’s equivalent) throughout her middle school career. Bernadette and her husband, Elgin, can’t think of a reason to say no so […]
Violet Turner owns a vintage clothing shop in Madison, Wisconsin. She’s on her own after her rocky marriage ended and she likes it that way. She’s always dreamed of owning a shop like this and she’s happy enough. Then she finds out that she’s being evicted from her building, a good friend asks her to […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I’ve gone AWOL again. We had a couple of nice weekends so I was out enjoying the weather. We were getting ready for an outside audit of my department of two at work as well, so I was brain-dead when I got […]
4 Stars. I just adore Mary Kay Andrews’s books because they are so much fun to read! The characters generally come to life for me, I find myself laughing at the trouble they inevitably get themselves into, and the settings feel real. Spring Fever is no exception. Annajane is not perfect by any […]
Welcome to my weekly update for March 10, 2014! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Nothing. Sunday is my posting night and I got tied up watching the Oscars last week. Read: The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I just returned from visiting my in-laws in South Florida so I didn’t post anything last week. It was nice to feel the sunshine though! Here’s what’s happened over the past two weeks. Posted: Review: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by […]
My 2014 book reviews by rating.
A list of my 2014 book reviews by author.