We’re back for Wonderland Wednesday in our Wonderland Wishes promotion, and this week we’re featuring Kathleen Freeman’s Once upon a Christmas Star. Ever since I read the synopsis, I have been dying to read this story, so when it came time for Kathleen’s feature, I asked if I could review it. She Continue Reading
Book Reviews
Just What I loved & Hated about Out of the Ordinary
We had a bit of a mixup with Out of the Ordinary. I tried and tried to do the download and finally asked for help. Turns out, I was supposed to have a paperback. It wasn't there. But other books were also in the line-up, as well as a need to finish NaNoWriMo, so it had to wait until today. I Continue Reading
Just What Makes Troublemakers So Crazy Charming, Anyway?
I stared at the screen for… hours. Okay, it was probably only a few minutes, but long enough for him to notice when I reached for my tablet and the insanely addicting game on it. “I thought you’ve been looking forward to reading that book.” “I have.” “For weeks, right?” Could he have dug Continue Reading
When the Unexpected Delights You with Its Uniqueness
As many of you know, I’ve been rather scatterbrained and uncommunicative in recent weeks. Thanks to computer deaths and publishing glitches, I’ve even been late with reviews. So, when I finally finished everything I needed to last night, I took a deep breath, inhaled beautiful sweet, dusty, Continue Reading
My Top Colors of Christmas Are All Bright Red
Shopping, cleaning, lists… great heaping gobs of lists. Planning, card making, and of course, writing. Always writing. Sweet movies, sweeter books. Music playing to keep me going. So much going on at once you might just implode. And forgetting stuff? Totally going to happen. Something going Continue Reading
What Happens When Tinseltown Tugs at Your Heart
I asked Lynnette to tell us a bit about her "Hollywood Stars." Check out what she said! What Happens When Tinseltown Tugs at Your Heart Lynnette has a wonderful story for us, so let's get to know a little more about it and her, shall we? How did you come up with the title Kittens and Snow Flurries Continue Reading
The Deadly Proof Is in the Reading Pudding–It’s a Winner
“I don’t have time to read another book! I have deadlines!” Look, I’m not proud of my wailing and whining at my husband last night. I’m not. There it was, eight o’clock, I hadn’t eaten all day, and since I’d only had three hours of sleep, a long nap after company went home meant I slept through Continue Reading
The Greatest Generation Is Found in Under Fire
Air raids. Bomb shelters. Plucky British dressing their shop windows when the building next door is bombed out. The French Resistance. Americans who would never otherwise have the chance to see the world, fighting alongside the world against heinous crimes disguised as war. What is it about these Continue Reading
What Do I Think of Seasons of a Life?
The book arrived. Signed personally to me from a dear friend—the author. We cut our writing teeth almost at the same time. And six years later, I’m finally reviewing it. It’s a good thing that Barbara is such a gracious woman or I’d have lost a friend by now. What Do I Think of Seasons of a Continue Reading
How to Write a Helpful Book Review in 10 Easy Steps.
Book drunk. It’s a thing. But like alcoholic drunkenness (or so I’ve observed), not all book hangovers are the same. Both fine quality alcohol and “gut rot” will produce that stupor (and its miserable after-effects) that follows a drinking binge. I see this weekly during the bar rush at Denny’s. Continue Reading
How about a Regency Romance from Another Perspective?
When I was a teenager, my aunt gave us a stack of Barbara Cartland novels. The first… interesting. I think it dealt with a Jacobite and marriage by declaration. Different from anything I’d read before. I read another. It was okay. Another. Again, just okay. After three or four more, I was bored, Continue Reading
3 Important Reasons to Read Wheresoever They May Be
“Grandpa? Tell me about the war again.” No one had to ask, “Which war?” No one questioned. Men who fought in “The Great War” died long ago, so it has to be “that other one.” As if no wars have been fought since. But this time, when Grandpa opened his mouth to tell about the attack on Pearl Harbor Continue Reading
