In the YA Diversity Book Club, we chat about the latest YA books that celebrate diversity. Our book club includes Sandie @ Teen Lit Rocks, Kristan @ We Heart YA and Kristina @ Gone Pecan. Each month we’ll focus on one book with a book review (our discussion chat) and an author Q&A plus some fun bonus features. Our October book […]
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Saturday nights are not the same since Outlander went on hiatus. My plan for filling up the time until the series returns in April is to catch up on all 8 books in the series. I know I’m not alone in devouring this series- in the current NYT paperback mass-market bestseller list the first four books […]
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MADAME PICASSO by Anne Girard just hit bookstores, and to celebrate Harlequin is offering The Golden Experience book & movie prize pack to one lucky reader. Read on to find out more about Madame Picasso, and how you can enter to win this great prize! I went to see all three of these films in […]
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The Snow Queen is Michael Cunningham’s (The Hours) latest release. The Snow Queen is the “it” book to re-imagine these days – just look at Disney’s smash-hit Frozen. Cunningham’s book is not a traditional fairy tale per se but does owe a nod to the Hans Christian Anderson classic with its dreamy, magical quality. The […]
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I’m tickled pink to participate in The Ring and The Crown blog tour! The theme is “If You Like…” and I think if you like Downton Abbey, then you’ll love The Ring and the Crown! If you like Downton Abbey, it may be for some of these aspects: entertaining soap-y period drama, big cast of colorful characters, Edwardian era, upstairs/downstairs theme, […]
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Book: A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller, Listening Library, January 2014 Book Info: Borrowed audio via Overdrive Library, Running time: 11 hrs. Read by: Katharine McEwan. Also available in hardcover or e-book, 431 pages from Viking Children’s / Penguin A Mad, Wicked Folly has a lot going for it: a vivid London setting, art, […]
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