Month: September 2020

Top Ten Tuesday for September 29, 2020 – Favorite Quotes.

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 September 29, 2020 – Favorite Quotes. →

Series I Never Finished Reading #4 – Stand-Alone Novels that Became Series.

Most of my regular readers know that I don’t often read series. Mind you, there was a time that I read lots of them. But today, things have changed, even though sometimes I’ll read the first novel of a series in hopes of finding one in which I want to get invested. No, I’m not … Continue reading Series I Never Finished Reading #4 – Stand-Alone Novels that Became Series. →

A Shaded Celebration.

Book Review for “The Last Blue” by Ilsa Morley. Summary: “In 1937, there are recesses in Appalachia no outsiders have ever explored. Two government-sponsored documentarians from Cincinnati, Ohio—a writer and photographer—are dispatched to penetrate this wilderness and record what they find for President Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration. … From [a] happenstance meeting between a woman … Continue reading A Shaded Celebration. →

No Holds for the Bard!

Book Review for “Shakespeare: The World as Stage” by Bill Bryson. Summary: “Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright.” Age Category: Adult; Type: non-fiction; Genre: historical. My regular readers know that I don’t read a whole lot of non-fiction, but … Continue reading No Holds for the Bard! →

#LetsDiscuss2020 #18 – Defining Historical Fiction – #DiscussionSunday.

There's something that's been bugging me for quite a while now, and I think it is time to clear the air, and I think people should understand ... What should be called Historical Fiction, and what should not... Disclaimer: These are my personal opinions. I do not expect anyone to agree with anything here, and … Continue reading #LetsDiscuss2020 #18 – Defining Historical Fiction – #DiscussionSunday. →

PR Goes Postal.

Book Review for “Long Live the Post Horn!” by Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund. Summary (Goodreads): “Ellinor, a 35-year-old media consultant, has not been feeling herself; she's not been feeling much at all lately. Far beyond jaded, she picks through an old diary and fails to recognize the woman in its pages, seemingly as … Continue reading PR Goes Postal. →

#T5T – Top Five Tuesday for September 15, 2020.

Top Five Tuesday was originally created by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm, but is now hosted by Meeghan @ Meeghan Reads. For a list of September topics you can click here. To participate, link your post back to Meeghan's blog or leave a comment on her weekly post. This month, Meeghan is doing an Alphabet … Continue reading #T5T – Top Five Tuesday for September 15, 2020. →

Bride and Evidence – #ShortStorySunday – A Novella and A Short Story

Reviews for the novella “And the Bride Closed the Door” by Ronit Matalon, and the short story “Evidence of the Affair” by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Once again, I seem to be getting a little bit behind in my reviewing, so because these two works are both short fiction, I thought I’d combine the two into … Continue reading Bride and Evidence – #ShortStorySunday – A Novella and A Short Story →

A Bunch of Useful Idiots.

Book Review for “Anxious People” by Fredrik Backman. Summary: “Viewing an apartment normally doesn’t turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As the pressure mounts, the eight strangers begin slowly opening up to one another … Continue reading A Bunch of Useful Idiots. →

Series I Never Finished Reading #3 – The Ones that Fizzled Out.

Most of my regular readers know that I don’t often read series. Mind you, there was a time that I read lots of them. But today, things have changed, even though sometimes I’ll read the first novel of a series in hopes of finding one in which I want to get invested. No, I’m not … Continue reading Series I Never Finished Reading #3 – The Ones that Fizzled Out. →