Illustration by Jordan Awan, via Audiobook reviewed by Christina [See Ingrids review of the print version here.] Published: 2010 Its about: Bumbling, apologetic Golden Richards goes to great lengths ...
Mary Pauline Lowry via The Earthquake Machine by Mary Pauline Lowry Reviewed by Ingrid Published: 2012 Its about: "The Earthquake Machine tells the story of 14-year-old Rhonda. On the outside, ev...
Reviewed by Christina Published: 2007 Full Title: The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness Its about: Elyn Saks, a brilliant professor and scholar, describes her inner schizophrenic l...
Emma Hale Smith (via) Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith by Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery Reviewed by Ingrid Published: 1984 Its about: An academic biography of Emma Hale Smith, first wife ...
Its a Top Ten Tuesday freebie day! I thought today Id quickly list my top ten favorite topics. A hint to authors and publishers - if your book fits into one of these categorize, I will more than like...
via Reviewed by Christina [I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.] Published: 2011 Its about: In this newest novel from th...
via I cant believe I almost forgot to post this. I was so excited to do this Top Ten because I love underlining and staring passages from books! For this weeks Top Ten Tuesday, here are my ten f...
Anne Taintor Reviewed by Christina Published: 2005 Full Title: Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety Its about: This righteously angry treatise explores the societal and historical ...
Sigrid Undset via Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset, trans. Tiina Nunnally Reviewed by Ingrid Published: 1922 Its about: This trilogy of novels follows the entire life of a woman named Kristin L...
Soviet ballerina Ekaterina Maximova as Giselle at the Bolshoi Reviewed by Christina Published: 2010 Its about: According to the back cover: "When Nina Revskaya puts her remarkable jewelry c...
Maxine Hong Kingston (via) The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston Reviewed by Christine-Chioma & Ingrid Published: 1976 Its about: This memoir is organized ...
Posted by Connie Its been a little while since weve posted for the Classics Challenge, but I decided to jump back into it this month. Lately, I have been chipping away at Leo Tolstoys Anna Karenina, ...
via Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed Reviewed by Ingrid Published: 2012 Its about: Cheryl Strayed is the voice behind advice column Dear Sugar at the Rumpus. Shes...
via Reviewed by Christine-Chioma Published: 2012 Its about: Stephanie Nielson (NieNie) is a famous Mommy-blogger whose life changed dramatically when she and her husband were in a serious near-fatal ...
Audiobook reviewed by Christina(See Lucias review of the print version here.)Published: 1949; audiobook 2010Its about: The Mortmains are a genteel but poor family living in a castle in England in the...
Joan Didion reading to her daughter via Reviewed by Ingrid Published: 2012 Its about: Joan Didions most recent memoir is about the death of her only daughter, Quintana Roo, who died in 2005 at the ag...
via Reviewed by Christine-Chioma Published: 2001 Its about: Emotionally unsettled Mona Gray falls into a job teaching math at an elementary school . Her experiences with the precocious stude...
And the Band Played On ... The Enthralling Account of What Happened After the Titanic Sank by Christopher Ward Reviewed by Ingrid Published: 2011 Its about: Christopher Wards grandfather, Jock Hume, ...
Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss, Antonio CanovaReviewed by ChristinaPublished: 1956Its about: Till We Have Faces is the myth of Cupid and Psyche, retold from the point of view of Psyches oldest sister,...
A dangerous situation ... via Reviewed by Ingrid Published: 1997 Its about: Gavin de Becker is a pro when it comes to understanding why violence happens and how to predict when it. He wrote this book...
via Reviewed by Christine-Chioma Published: 2001 Its about: The novel starts in 1945 with Daniel visiting the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and rescuing the last remaining copy of The Shadow of th...
Welcome to the Literary Blog Hop hosted by The Blue Bookcase!This monthly blog hop is open to blogs that primarily feature book reviews of literary fiction, classic literature, and general literary d...
via Theres nothing that feels quite as great as reading one whole book in a single day. For this weeks Top Ten Tuesday, here are my ten favorites that could be read in a day. Theyre short and theyre ...
via Congratulations novelchick02 aka Stephanie! You won our giveaway! Stephanie chose to win The Instructions by Adam Levin. (I know Christina will be very happy about this!) Thanks to everyone who e...
Reviewed by Christina. Ive known I would have to read this ever since Connie mentioned it in a post almost two years ago.Published: 2011Its about: Poor Tookie de la Crème is 15 and hideously ugly. Sh...
via Reviewed by Connie Published: 1927 Its about: To the Lighthouse centers around the Ramsay family as they visit their beach home in Scotland along with their friends and acquaintances in 1910-1920...
Audiobooks Reviewed by Christina(We had a guest review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo here)Published: In Swedish: 2005-2007. English translation by Reg Keeland: 2008-2010Its about: Unless youve b...
Tahitian Women on the Beach (1891) via Reviewed by Ingrid Published: 1901 Its about: This journal/memoir by painter Paul Gauguin chronicles time he spent in Tahiti living among the natives. I thought...
via March is an exciting month for us at The Blue Bookcase... this year, its the month we celebrate our 2nd Year Blogoversary! In the last two years, we have gotten 639 followers through Google Conne...
viaReviewed by ChristinaPublished: 2001Its about: Its the late 1990s, and the inhabitants of depressed Empire Falls, Maine, live in the shadow of the past. There are perpetual rumors that the long-si...
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