FABR Coming to An End

I have hear it said that if you make it past six months in the book blogging world, you are in it for the long haul. I did make it well over six months, but it is time to say goodbye.Why?I have had...

Anna Karenina Read Along Final Post: Link Your Reviews

As some of you know, I need some time for my personal life due to unexpected events. Please be sure to link your reviews and keep up the discussion. You have all offered remarkable insight to the...

Anna Karenina Read Along: Parts 7 and 8

Due to a family emergency I will not be on the blog for an uncertain amount of time. I am leaving the linky here for all who are participating in the read along. You will also find another post...

Review: The Good Dream by Donna VanLiere

Synopsis1950 Tennessee, a time and place that straddles the past and present. Ivorie Walker is considered an old maid by the town (though she’s only in her early thirties) and she takes that label...

Waiting On Wednesday, FABR Edition: The Dirty Girls Book Club

WOW is hosted by Jill at Breaking the SpineThis looks like it may be out of my genre, but I suppose that it is because I have read a multitude of chunky classics lately that I am feeling especially...

Image Copyright, Man Candy and Blogging

Note: Be sure to vote in the poll at the bottom of the post.What HappennedI dropped by Fiction Vixen today and read a post that Sophia wrote regarding image copyright and blogging. In the article...

What is a Cozy Mystery?

Review: Cake on a Hot Tin Roof by Jacklyn Brady

SynopsisPastry chef Rita Lucero’s Mardi Gras party turns funereal when one of her guests is found dead after a public fight with her uncle-leaving Rita no choice but to find the real killer and...

New Book Releases Week of July 23, 2012

Welcome! Take a look at this weeks new releases. I will be reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Siren. I have already read A Violet Season. Is there room on your shelf for any of...

Shelf Candy (50) The Good Dream

Welcome to Shelf Candy, my weekly feature (bookish meme) for a favorite cover, featuring the designer, photographer or illustrator. If you would like to participate, write a Shelf Candy post of...

Anna Karenina Read-Along Parts 5 and 6

*Spoiler Alert*Welcome to the third week of our Anna Karenina Read Along. We have only one more week of discussion for parts 7 and 8 and then we will be posting our reviews on July 31. Remember,...

Tour Review: A Violet Season by Kathy Leonard Czepiel

SynopsisA mother’s choices in a time of crisis threaten the one person she means to protect—her only daughter—and force her to make the boldest move of her life.The violet industry is booming in...

Review: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Goodreads DescriptionGustave Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary” is the classic tale of its title character, Emma Bovary, the wife of a doctor, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order...

5 Hot Books for Under $5

Here are this weeks 5 top finds in eBooks under $5.00 ea. These are mostly YA, since the publishers are preparing to release books within the series and have discounted fist in series books. The...

Is There a Risk to Having Other Reviewers On Your Blog?

I have seen that there are several bloggers who are adding extra reviewers to their blog, but there are some things to consider.I would say that there are many benefits to having more than one...

New Book Releases Week of July 16, 2012

Welcome! Take a look at this weeks new releases. I will be reading The Painted Bridge, The Empty Glass, Creole Belle, and When In Doubt Add Butter. Is there room on your shelf for any of these?...

Review: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

Synopsis Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn...

Shelf Candy (49) The Penguin English Library Series

Welcome to Shelf Candy, my weekly feature (bookish meme) for a favorite cover, featuring the designer, photographer or illustrator. If you would like to participate, write a Shelf Candy post of...

Anna Karenina Read-Along Part 3 & 4

*Spoiler Alert* My Thoughts on Part 3 and 4 My feelings toward the characters have drastically changed. I have warmed up to those who I despised last week, and have tired of many of those that I...

A Book Worth Waiting For: Death of a Neighborhood Witch

Death of a Neighborhood Witch (A Jaine Austen Mystery #11) by Laura Levine ♥ Goodreads ♥ Amazon Cozy Mysteries are one of my favorite genres and Halloween is a favorite time, so Death of a...

Five Alarm Picks for Under $5

Here are this weeks 5 top finds in eBooks under $5.00. The price is at time of posting, so be sure to double check the price before making a purchase. Children of the Fog by Cheryl Kaye Tardif ♥...

New Releases Week of July 9, 2012

This week brings us a wide variety of genres to add to the TBR. I will be reading The Violet Season, The Thread, The After Wife and will be going back to start the Heather Wells Mystery Series, as...

Anna Karenina Read Along Part 1 and 2

My Thoughts on Part I and II My First Impression First of all, I have to admit that I feel like a bit of an underachiever as the host of this read along. My reading became a matter of catching up,...

Shelf Candy (48) The Domestic Diva Mysteries

Welcome to Shelf Candy, my weekly feature (bookish meme) for a favorite cover, featuring the designer, photographer or illustrator. If you would like to participate, write a Shelf Candy post of...

Review: The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan

Synopsis Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life. In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying her and her husband Henry across the Atlantic...

Gone With the Wind September Read Along

Fanda at Fanda’s Classiclit is hosting a read along for Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Visit the sign up page. I read it a long time ago, and ended up skimming through the last half since...

Review: Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend

Synopsis Sunny is a big city psychic who moves to the quaint town of Divinity, NY to open her fortune-telling business in an ancient Victorian house, inheriting the strange cat residing within....

New Releases Week of July 2, 2012

FoxTale Book Shoppe, Woodstock, GA USA I get so excited when the first week of the month arrives. It brings a pile of new releases, many of them cozies. I would love to know which of these you are...

The Stand Along Half Point Check-In

I have been participating in a read-along for Stephen King’s, The Stand, appropriately named The Stand Along. It is hosted by the wonderful Trish at Love, Laughter and a Touch of Insanity. I had...

Anna Karenina Read Along Kicks Off Today

It is not too late to join in the Anna Karenina Read Along. We will be reading it through the month of July. Visit the Announcement Post for more information.