When you add a new version of royal prince romances mixed with a bit of those Disney-eque royal romances or The Prince and Me, you get The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich. On the day of Jamie Johnson’s 17th birthday, his adopted mother has a story to tell him. His mother came to America … Continue reading The American Prince
If you ask any book nerd what the greatest travesty of the past was and a very large percentage of them will tell you that it was the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. So much wealth of knowledge, a renowned center of learning all destroyed by too many leaders who knew destroying knowledge was … Continue reading The Future of Libraries
Poor Fiona. All She wants is to have a normal life, marry a normal man and have a normal job. In the beginning of The Enchanted Garden Café by Abigail Drake, she doesn’t get any of that. Her mother, the infamous Claire de Lune Campbell, owns the aforementioned café and Fiona’s life is mostly keeping … Continue reading Enchanted? Or Enchanted.
Happy first day after the first day of Spring everyone!Depending on where you are in the world it’s either snow, rain, high winds, or a combination of the three. It's that time for our monthly bookshop highlight and this month is Parnassus Books located in Nashville Tennessee. Opened in 2011, Parnassus Books is the creation … Continue reading Bookshop highlight: Parnassus Books
I’ll admit it, I’m prejudice. Just like Lizzie Bennet. When it comes to men writing Pride & Prejudice variations, I usually pick the women first. There are a few men that I do read but as a rule, I mostly read the women authors. Is it because of Jane Austen herself and I feel that … Continue reading Everything a Gentleman ought to be
There's a new fad going around recently in the book world. Not only print books but in e-books where, I think, it's probably easier to do. Yes friends, the choose your own adventure books are back. Some of us remember the ones like this. Where we'd read up to a certain point and then if … Continue reading When did choose your own adventures books come back in style?
There was a Stuff Your Kindle event going on that I missed, but it was a multi-day event that covered a larger number of genres. So, of course, I sent the dates to my best friend, who is also an avid reader.This got us talking about books. To be honest, when aren’t we talking about … Continue reading Every small Northeastern town needs a witch.
As I mentioned in Janurary, I am currently taking a class on how to get the most out of the WordPress website. I'm still working on that and it's fascinating. I'm learning more than I knew before with my fumbling around this website. The classes and the exercises have sent me to thinking about what … Continue reading Bookshop spotlight-Bear Pond Books
Y’all. This was not a trope I thought I’d ever pick up. I’d watch the BookTok girlies (when that was a thing in this country) talk about the Monster (ahem) books and figured that was not a trope I’d ever be interested in. Then I picked up Under Loch and Key by Lana FergusonAs a disclaimer, I … Continue reading Love at the Loch
With the number of banned books growing each day, many of these classics that are disappearing, there is a way to read some of these books without getting a library card or buying them at a bookstore.Of course I’m always going to suggest libraries. Supporting your local libraries not only helps keep libraries open and … Continue reading Books. At your fingertips.
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