Treasures of Westminster Abbey by Tony Trowles My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’d just visited Westminster Abbey and picked this up as a remembrance. It was a great account full of beautiful pictures. Worth a read for anyone interested in British history. View all my reviewsContinue Reading
Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots by Linda Porter My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve always been fascinated by British royalty, especially the Queens. So much intensity and drama. This was a great book. At times a little too narrative and expository, but that’sContinue Reading
Cut & Run by Abigail Roux My rating: 3 of 5 stars Cut & Run was my second adventure into this type of novel and it kept my interest. The pairing of Ty and Zane are certainly comical but I have to question why there is always so much angerContinue Reading
Shattered Glass by Dani Alexander My rating: 4 of 5 stars After starting the Reading Challenge, I filled my “To Read” list with tons of crime thrillers, cozy mysteries and historical fiction novels. I’ve switched back and forth between the cozy and the grisly murders to my fascination with historyContinue Reading
Wake Up Married serial, Episodes 1 – 3: Wake Up Married, Meet the Family, Do the Holidays by Leta Blake My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars to Leta Blake‘s Wake Up Married serial, Episodes 1 – 3: Wake Up Married, Meet the Family, Do the Holidays,Continue Reading
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky My rating: 4 of 5 stars What can you say about VI Warshawski? She’s hilarious… and someone you’d want to know in real life. She’s got a nice chip on her shoulder, but it becomes endearing. And she takes risks. This was a great debutContinue Reading
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving My rating: 4 of 5 stars I spent a few weeks every summer in the Catskill Mountains at a resort with my godparents, parents and grandparents. I used to walk around the forest, searching for the headless horsemen. The cottages we alwaysContinue Reading
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis My rating: 5 of 5 stars 5 stars to C.S. Lewis‘s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Adored it. I must have read it three or four times as a child. Hits all the spots in my reading dreams.Continue Reading
Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss My rating: 4 of 5 stars A gift on my high school graduation… something I will always treasure. It answers all of life’s questions for a young one trying to decide their future! https://media.giphy.com/media/x4ujC8C5AIzjq/giphy.gif As a children’s book, the rhyming and cartoon-likeContinue Reading
Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was such a gruesome kid… in that I loved to read this series. Blood never bothered me, and the more psychopaths you throw at me, the happier of a reader I am. I think I learned someContinue Reading