Top Ten Tuesday for Jan 29, 2019

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. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday for Jan 29, 2019 →

The Beauty of Genius

Book Review of “The Only Woman in the Room” by Marie Benedict. The name Hedy Lamarr might not mean much to many younger people these days, even less so will the name Hedwig Kiesler, with or without the additional names of her many husbands. But Hedy Lamarr was a very popular screen and stage actress … Continue reading The Beauty of Genius →

7 Centuries and 6 Families of Paris

Book Review of “Paris: The Epic Novel of the City of Lights” by Edward Rutherfurd. Epic is a word that has been bandied about far too often, and putting it into the subtitle of this novel might seem a bit pretentious. However, it is precisely the word that use be used about this book, seeing … Continue reading 7 Centuries and 6 Families of Paris →

TCL’s Trash or Treasure Tuesday #1!

AKA “Down The TBR Hole #1: Conquer your TBR” My fellow blogger Bookish Rita turned me on to this, which was originally Lia @ Lost in a Story’s idea. The rules are very simple: Sort your Goodreads to-be-read shelf from oldest to new; Pick the first 5 or 10 (or whatever number you choose, depending … Continue reading TCL’s Trash or Treasure Tuesday #1! →

A Female Journalistic Pioneer

Book Review of “What Girls are Good For: A Novel of Nellie Bly” by David Blixt. Anyone who has studied journalism, or is interested in historical women who were pioneers in their fields, will probably have heard of Nellie Bly, aka Elizabeth Cochrane. Nellie was famous mostly for getting herself admitted to an insane asylum … Continue reading A Female Journalistic Pioneer →

Inconvenient Separations

Book Review of “Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella” by Cary Holladay. This book is a collection of eight short stories and a novella, which include the following: Brides in the Sky Shades Comanche Queen Fairy Tales Interview with Etta Place, Sweetheart of the Sundance Kid Ghost Walk Operator Hay Season A Thousand … Continue reading Inconvenient Separations →