One non-writing career that has always fascinated me is location scouting. Combining creative aesthetic with travel and exploration, location scouts are the people responsible for finding the real-world locations that movies and TV shows use in filming. Throughout my world travels and even my everyday commutes, my brain constantly looks for ways to integrate a [CONTINUE READING]
My name is Mary Ellen Dennis and I’m addicted to writing books. Reading them, too. Writing and reading and true love and chocolate—life doesn’t get much better than that. Well, maybe watching Lili with Leslie Caron, while munching crème donuts. The movie’s locale is a traveling circus, but Lili is not the reason I chose [CONTINUE READING]
Aug 052011
On My Shelves is a weekly post at The Book Faery Reviews which shares THREE books from our personal collection. These books could be favorites, books to be read as soon as possible for our own enjoyment, as well as books to be read soon for scheduled reviews. Books let us into their souls [CONTINUE READING]
What could go wrong in the 14th-century for three time-traveling teens? How about – EVERYTHING! Hansum, Shamira and Lincoln, three teens from the 24th century, are trapped in 14th-century Verona, Italy. They’ve survived many deadly experiences by keeping their wits about them and by introducing futuristic technology into the past. Principal among these inventions is [CONTINUE READING]
May 022011
Mailbox Monday is where other bloggers write about the books they received the previous week. The Mailbox Monday is now going on a blog tour with the host for the month of May being Mari Reads. Visit her blog to see what books made it her way and check out the others who are participating [CONTINUE READING]
There’s still time to enter one of the book giveaways that will be ending this coming Saturday 12/18. Just click the images below to be taken to the book giveaway’s post and be sure to follow how to be entered. Winners will be announced within the giveaway post comments, in the weekly Sunday re-cap newsletter, [CONTINUE READING]
Nov 302010
Smarter than a history teacher, funnier than the Founding Fathers, and more American than Alaska, an almost (but not entirely) comprehensive primer on American history (or at least, the good stuff) In trademark smart aleck style, this is history according to mental_floss, an insightfully accurate and incisively humorous exploration of little-known truths and widely believed [CONTINUE READING]
Among the first to look at the story of Camelot through Guinevere’s eyes. Woolley sets the traditional tale in the time of its origin, after Britain has shattered into warring fiefdoms. Hampered by neither fantasy nor medieval romance, this young Guinevere is a feisty Celtic tomboy who sees no reason why she must learn to [CONTINUE READING]
Nov 022010
A sweeping novel of passion, intrigue, and unrequited love, Desiree tells the story of Napoleon’s first love, Desiree Clary. When a young, impoverished Napoleon meets the French merchant’s daughter, the smitten pair is swiftly engaged. But the ambitious Napoleon dashes off to war, leaving fourteen-year-old Desiree pinning and lonely. When her desire drives her to [CONTINUE READING]
“Where the Heart Was” is dedicated to Abraham Lincoln who once called on the ‘mystic chords of memory’ as a way to preserve America; the country he labeled ‘the last best hope of earth.’ In his stunningly original novel, author and historian Glenn G. Boyer does just that, as he traces the history of the [CONTINUE READING]
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to [CONTINUE READING]
