Book of the Month
Book of the Month: The King’s Favorite
Title: The King’s Favorite Author: Susan Holloway Scott Genre: Historical Fiction Why did we read this book: During our recent Chat With an Author, Loretta Chase mentioned Susan Holloway Scott’s The Royal Harlot as one of her inspirations for her new series, beginning with Your Scandalous Ways. Susan contacted us and generously offered copies of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Book of the Month: Touch the Dark
Title: Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer Series, book 1) Author: Karen Chance Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Stand alone or series: First in the Cassandra Palmer series Summary: (from Amazon.com) Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires. But when the bloodsucking Mafioso she escaped three years ago finds Cassie again with revenge in mind, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Book of the Month: Sunshine
Title: Sunshine Author: Robin McKinley Review number: Ana’s 30th and Thea’s 24th Genre: (Urban) Fantasy, Horror Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: They took her clothes and sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion-within easy reach of a figure stirring in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Book of the Month: Lord of the Fading Lands
Each month Thea and I choose one book that we both review. Last month’s was The Time Traveler’s Wife and we read it because it was the choice of our book club. This month, we chose to read Lord of the Fading Lands, due to the rave reviews online and the fact that Katie from [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )The Time Traveler’s Wife – Ana’s Review
Why did I read this book?: It was the chosen book of the month for our book club. Review: I start reading the book and I am immediately sucked into it. I find the first few chapters enchanting, the writing captivating and soon enough I am falling in love with the story of Henry, a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )The Time Traveler’s Wife – Thea’s Review
I guess I’ll begin with the regular spiel. Why did I read this book?: I have heard a LOT about this book from multiple sources, and all the reviews have been positive. That said, this is not a book that typically I would pick up and read on my own, and when the opportunity arose [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Book of the Month – The Time Traveler’s Wife
Since Thea and I read different genres most of the time – Me, reading mostly Romance Novels and Thea reading mostly Sci-fi/Fantasy, although I can feel deep in my bones that she will turn into a voracious Romance reader very soon. I know that she loved Lord of Scoundrels, she just bought Dreaming of You [...]
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