My favorite escape is into a book! We are living in crazy times, and escape is necessary sometimes. And while libraries are closed, most have online libraries so that you can download to your hearts content. So here are some upcoming releases to consider! 7 April/Love on Beach Avenue (The Sunshine Sisters, #1) by Jennifer […]
Today is Tolkien Reading Day! Anyone who knows me also knows that I love high fantasy. There is no question that Tolkien is the gold standard of that genre. Why the 25th of March? Because that is the date of that Sauron met his mortal end during the fall of Barad-dûr. This is the day […]
In honor of St. Patrick’s, I curated a list of novels set in Ireland for your reading pleasure! P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern. Great book, great movie! Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy. Another great classic read! The Gallaghers trilogy by Nora Roberts. LOVE these! The Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy by Nora Roberts. She […]
Sometimes I read a book, and then it sets me on a course where I have to read more and more books with that seem. Mermaid, zombies, dystopias, books set in other worlds… you get the idea! One of my favorite obsessions is the multiverse. So here’s a curated list of some of my favorites, […]
The year is coming to an end! In my world, it was a never ending series of changes, both big and small. But no matter what, there were books to keep me together. Books, in my opinion, are magical. They can transport you in seconds to another world, another time, another life. People read for […]
How about something a little different today instead of Music or Movie Monday or Man Crush Monday? M Books for Monday!!! I thought I’d curate a list of fabulous books with the letter M! Matched (Matched series, #1) by Ally Condie. → Great dystopian YA! Magic Bites (Kate Daniels series, #1) by Ilona Andrews. → […]
I love, love, love a good horror novel! It’s my dad’s fault. He introduced me to John Saul and Dean Koontz and Stephen King when I was barely out of middle school. The scarier the better. I don’t know what it is about them, but I can open the cover and be lost for hours. […]
I’ve been reading these books virtually nonstop for the last 27 years. Yes, you read that right. And, yes, I am old. Okay, not that old. But I digress. At any given point, I might be reading other books, but there is always one of these that I am also reading. The Valdemar world was […]
I can’t even imagine how many books I’ve read in my 25 **cough** 48 years. But there are some that stick with me, books that need to be read by everyone. This book rattled my entire world. The realism was terrifying, the knowledge that the world could so easily become what it was in the […]
Let’s talk about love and romance and books! What is it about romance novels that drag us in? You could ask a dozen people that same question and get a dozen answers. That’s the beauty of romance novels… they come in all shapes and sizes, something for everyone. This is one of the first romance […]
Foundation (Collegium Chronicles, #1) by Mercedes Lackey/Kindle -genre: fantasy -pages: 340 -rating: 5 stars/review -format: Kindle Switched (Trylle, #1) by Amanda Hocking (reread)/Kindle -genre: YA fantasy-pages: 318-ratings: 4 stars-format: paperback The Beach House (Beach House, #1) by Mary Alice Moore (purchased)/Kindle-genre: contemporary-pages: 496-rating: 4 stars-format: Kindle How to Be Mindful by Anna Barnes (purchased)/Kindle-genre: self-improvement-pages: 161-rating: 4 stars-format: paperback Intrigues (Collegium Chronicles, #2) by Merecedes Lackey (reread)/Kindle-genre: fantasy-pages: 328-rating: 4 […]
The next time someone tells you have too many books, tell them you are doing it for your health. Not that this isn’t something every voracious reader doesn’t already know, but there are those that scoff. Who are those people, anyway??! But it’s true. All kinds of studies have shown that reading is good for […]