Tynga of Tynga’s Reviews is starting a new meme to spotlight the books we receive each week. Here’s what I got: For Review: Roses Have Thorns: A Novel About Elizabeth I by Sandra Byrd This is for an upcoming blog tour and I am looking forward to reading it – I love reading books about Queen Elizabeth I!!! Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline This showed up in my…
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Henry VIII’s Wives: History in an Hour by Julie Wheeler Harper Press October 2011 Format: Kindle e-book Source: Personal copy First line: The reign of Henry VIII was one of the most revolutionary periods in English history. Summary from Goodreads: Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. In his ambition to provide a male heir to the throne, Henry VIII married six times. Divorce from his first…
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The Good Daughter by Jane Porter Berkley Trade February 2013 Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Personal copy First line: Make a wish. From the back cover: Love was given to all, except herself . . . Kit Brennan has always been the most grounded of her sisters. A Catholic school English teacher for seventeen years and a constant giver, her decisions have been sound—just not very satisfying. Her fortieth birthday is right around…
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The Best Man by Kristan Higgins Harlequin HQN February 2013 Format: Paperback, 432 pages Source: Meryl Moss Media Relations First line: On a beautiful day in June, in front of literally half the town, wearing a wedding dress that made her look like Cinderella and holding a bouquet of perfect pink roses, Faith Elizabeth Holland was left at the alter. From the back cover: Sometimes the best man is the…
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Sand Castle Bay by Sherryl Woods Harlequin MIRA March 2013 Format: ARC e-book, 400 pages Source: Netgalley First line: The television in Emily Castle’s Aspen, Colorado, hotel room was tuned to the Weather Channel, where there was minute-by-minute coverage of the hurricane aiming directly at North Carolina’s coast, the place that had been like a second home to her. About the book: In a trade-off she’s lived to regret, Emily…
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It’s Monday What Are you Reading , hosted by Sheila, is the perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs. This past weekend I participated in another Bloggiesta and I got a ton done!!!…
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Another Bloggiesta has come to an end! This event couldn’t be more timely as I been neglecting my blog lately due to life getting in the way. Now if only I can figure out a way to stay caught up on some of the more mundane housekeeping things on a regular basis, some of these tasks won’t need to keep showing up on my to-do list! I ended up accomplishing…
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Tynga of Tynga’s Reviews is starting a new meme to spotlight the books we receive each week. Here’s what I got: For Review: The Queen’s Rivals: A Novel of the Grey Sisters by Brandy Purdy This is for an upcoming blog tour and I am looking forward to reading it!!! Pictures at an Exhibition by Camilla MacPherson I was approached by the author to read and review her book.…
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Summer in a Small Town: Welcome to Icicle Falls/Treasure Beach by Sheila Roberts & Emilie Richards MIRA books 2012 Format: Kindle e-book Source: Personal copy First line of Welcome to Icicle Falls: Hello, and welcome to Icicle Falls. First line of Treasure Beach: “There she goes wandering down the road again.” About the book: Two unforgettable towns, two touching stories… Welcome to Icicle Falls by Sheila Roberts It’s the 1960s…
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The Gilly Salt Sisters by Tiffany Baker Read by Angela Brazil Hachette Audio 2012 Length: 14 hours, 13 minutes Source: Library From the back of the audio case: In the isolated Cape Cod village of Prospect, the Gilly sisters are as different as can be. Jo, a fierce and quiet loner, is devoted to the mysteries of her family’s salt farm, while Claire is popular, pretty, and yearns to flee…
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This weekend I will be participating in Bloggiesta! This event couldn’t be more timely as I been neglecting my blog lately due to life getting in the way. This is a great weekend blogging marathon being hosted by Suey at It’s All About Books and Danielle at There’s a Book. The premise of the bloggiesta, for those that haven’t participated before, is to spend the entire weekend working, updating,…
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Three Sisters by Susan Mallery Harlequin MIRA March 2013 Format: ARC, Paperback, 352 pages First line: Being left at the alter is not for sissies. From the back cover: After Andi Gordon is jilted at the altar, she makes the most impetuous decision of her life – buying one of the famed Three Sisters Queen Anne houses on Blackberry Island. Now the proud-ish owner of the ugly duckling of the…
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It’s Monday What Are you Reading , hosted by Sheila, is the perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs. Last week was crazy busy between work and then getting ready for our annual…
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Please join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author. I’m reading Henry VIII’s Wives: History in an Hour by Julie Wheeler: The reign of Henry VIII was one of…
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The Search by Nora Roberts Read by Tanya Eby Brilliance Audio 2010 Length: 14 hours, 54 minutes Summary: To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life — a quaint house on an island off Seattle’s coast, a thriving dog-training school, and a challenging volunteer job performing canine search and rescue. Not to mention her three intensely loyal Labs. But Fiona got to this point by surviving a…
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Children of Liberty by Paullina Simons William Morrow Paperbacks February 2013 Format: ARC paperback, 432 pages First line: There had been a fire at Ellis Island the year before Gina came to America with her mother and brother in 1899, and so instead of arriving at the Port of New York, they had set sail into the Port of Boston. Synopsis: Before Tatiana and Alexander . . . before Leningrad…
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Lady of Ashes by Christine Trent Kensington February 2013 Format: ARC Paperback, 404 pages First line: Violet Morgan often wondered why she was so skilled at dressing a corpse, yet was embarrassingly incompetent in the simplest household task, such as selecting draperies or hiring housemaids. Synopsis: In 1861 London, Violet Morgan is struggling to establish a good reputation for the undertaking business that her husband has largely abandoned.…
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It’s Monday What Are you Reading , hosted by Sheila, is the perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs. Last week I participated in Challenge Walk MS – a 3-day, 50 mile walk…
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Tynga of Tynga’s Reviews is starting a new meme to spotlight the books we receive each week. Here’s what I got: ***This is the for the last two weeks! For Review: Blood Between Queens by Barbara Kyle I’m participating in a book tour for this and am looking forward to reading it. It’s the fifth book in Barbara Kyle’s Thornleigh series. …
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The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen Ballentine Books August 2004 Format: Paperback, 384 pages First line: The driver refused to take him any further. From the back cover: Not even the icy temperatures of a typical New England winter can match the bone-chilling scene of carnage discovered at the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Light. Within the cloistered convent lie two nuns–one dead, one critically injured–victims of an unspeakably savage…
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Please join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author. I’m reading Lady of Ashes by Christine Trent: Violet Morgan often wondered why she was so skilled at dressing a…
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Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich Narrated by CJ Critt Recorded Books 2004 Length: 9.75 hours From the back of the audio case: Best-selling author Janet Evanovich is the recipient of the Crime Writers Association’s John Creasy Memorial, the Last Laugh, and Silver Dagger awards. Her Stephanie Plum series, starring New Jersey’s most colorful bounty hunter, is delightfully unique. Join Stephanie on an adventure that is sure to keep you…
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Another month has come and gone…and as this is posted, I will be well into the first day of the MS Challenge Walk – a 50 mile walk to support those living with MS. Once the walk is over, I am hoping to resume my regular workout routine – walking everyday (just not crazy distances!) and yoga 2-3 times a week. I’m hopeful that the warm weather will be here…
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