Van Liere’s seasonal confection (following The Christmas Hope) finds 60-year-old Gloria Bailey doing informal good works for needy cases seven years after her husband died, and her youngest son, Matthew, disappeared without a trace at age 17. With infinite good nature, Gloria fends off the complaints of her crabby widow neighbor, Miriam, annoyed by the [CONTINUE READING]
TITLE: Rebecca’s Tale AUTHOR: Sally Beauman PUBLICATION DATE: January 30, 2007 PUBLISHER: Harper Paperbacks PAGES: 464 GENRE: Fiction Mystery April 1951. It is twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter. Twenty years since the inquest, which passed a verdict of suicide. Twenty years since Manderlay was [CONTINUE READING]
Home for Christmas by Heather Graham It broke Travis’s heart to see Isabelle go, but he was the Yankee captain who had commandeered her home and she was a daughter of the Confederacy. Yet even in the war-torn South, there was room for a Christmas miracle or two. The Wise Virgin by Jo Beverley Their [CONTINUE READING]
The Wallflowers are four young ladies in London who banded together in their wild and wickedly wonderful searches for true love. Now happily married, they join together once again to help one of the world’s most notorious rogues realize that happiness might be right under the mistletoe.… It’s Christmastime in London and Rafe Bowman has [CONTINUE READING]
As much as I go to the library with the kids, I figured I might as well join a reading challenge that supports my local library. It’s a good thing my library will accept $10 if your late fines are over that because if you didn’t hear me on Twitter…my fine was $59!! Yeah you [CONTINUE READING]
Dec 072009
I’ve joined another reading challenge for 2010…the Original TBR (To Be Read) Challenge over at MizB’s Reading Challenges blog. I’m determined to knock out my personal stack of books I’ve collected and just haven’t gotten to yet. There are books on my shelves I have even started but didn’t finish because there was another book [CONTINUE READING]
Christmas Past by Iris Johansen…Killara, Arizona, 1893. Kevin Delaney doesn’t know what to make of the Gypsy beauty he finds rummaging in the attic of Killara, his family’s estate. The waif claims she’s there to recover an old mirror with extraordinary powers. While Kevin doesn’t believe her mystical talk, there’s no doubt that a kind [CONTINUE READING]
LOVE LOVE LOVE Laurell K Hamilton’s Meredith Gentry series so since I haven’t yet read the Anita Blake series, figured I should just join this challenge too. Book Chick City is hosting this challenge and here are the details: Timeline: 1st Jan 2010 – 31st Dec 2010 Rules: The goal is to read or re-read [CONTINUE READING]
Nov 212009
J.Kaye Book Blog is hosting the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge.Figured with the other challenges I was doing for 2010, why not?! Below are the details: 1. The goal is to read 100 or more books. Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate. –Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section [CONTINUE READING]
Nov 202009
Here are the details for the 2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge: 1. Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate. –Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post. To learn how to sign up without having a blog, click here. 2. There are four levels: –The Mini [CONTINUE READING]
Nov 202009
Centuries Reading Challenge Host: Becky of Becky’s Book Reviews Length: All of 2010 (finish at your own pace) Required Books: 3 to 6 Your challenge is to read three (to six) books from at least three different centuries. The challenge is to read books written in different centuries, not just to read books set during [CONTINUE READING]
What better way to make sure you’re reading a variety of books than to join a reading challenge! As we wrap up 2009, it’s time to start thinking about reading goals for the new year. My first 2010 reading challenge is to read TWELVE Thriller & Suspense novels. Broken down, I need to read at [CONTINUE READING]
