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Announcement: Winner THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
And the winner of the giveaway for THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd is….. April W (commented on post) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!
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Review: The Sharp Hook of Love by Sherry Jones
For her entire life, Heloise has known what her future would hold. She has been preparing to become an abbess. All her education, grooming, and introductions have been carefully planned for her to ascend to that position. She has long accepted that she will likely never know love or a life outside the service of God and she is ok with that, until she meets Pierre Abelard. Pierre is the headmaster at the Notre Dame Cloister School. He has had many intelligent pupils and is well known in many academic circles as simply ‘the best’ and he is equally as notorious in those circles when it comes to women. Heloise’s uncle manages to…
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Pink For All Seasons: Flower Symbolism in The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
Many of you die hard ‘Pink Carnation‘ fans will undoubtedly notice that flowers play a huge role in the books and are meant to convey some symbolism and foreshadowing in the series and books. Each character embodies the title flower in some way or another. For me, one of my favorite Pink heroines was Mary Alsworthy from The Seduction of the Crimson Rose. The rose is not only beautiful and alluring but thorny and at times dangerous to an inexperienced handler. It’s a classic flower long associated with beauty and love. It’s chic, regal, and alluring, while at the same time the thorns remind us of suffering and sacrifice.
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Giveaway: THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
Have you had a chance to read one of the hottest books released this year? THE INVENTION OF WINGS was on Goodreads recently as a finalist in the Best Historic Fiction category for 2014. I also reviewed it earlier this year and loved it. It’s a fantastic tale of two sisters. If you are looking for a little treat for yourself this holiday season, or perhaps want to give this as a gift please spread the word! Thanks to the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of THE INVENTION OF WINGS for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy. Giveaway runs 12/2/14 to 12/8/14 Winners will be announced…
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Review: The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman #1) by Paullina Simons
In Leningrad, life is about to change in a big way. Seventeen year old Tatiana, has known nothing but long summers full of ice cream and day dreams. But all that changes when the declaration of war is announced. Germany has invaded Russian and they march toward Leningrad. Tatiana’s parents send her to the store to buy all the food she can. On her way to the store, Tatiana stops for an ice cream when she spots a soldier staring at her from across the street. The soldier, Alexander, gets on the same bus as Tatiana and rides with her all over the city, and then eventually back home. When she returns home,…
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Announcement: Winner THE TIGER QUEENS by Stephanie Thornton
And the winner of the giveaway for THE TIGER QUEENS by Stephanie Thornton is….. Caitlin M (tweeted about giveaway) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher and HFVBT for making this giveaway possible!
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Review: First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen by Charlie Lovett
If you love Jane Austen you need to move this book up to the top of your TBR list immediately! Sophie Collingwood’s uncle has just died under questionable circumstances and then his prized rare book collection has been sold to satisfy his debts. To console herself, Sophie goes to work at her favorite bookstore in London, Antiquarian Books. While working at the store, she is approached by two different collectors who are after the same book, Little Book of Allegories, written by Reverend Richard Mansfield in 1796.
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Giveaway: THE TIGER QUEENS by Stephanie Thornton
In the late twelfth century, across the sweeping Mongolian grasslands, brilliant, charismatic Temujin ascends to power, declaring himself the Great, or Genghis, Khan. But it is the women who stand beside him who ensure his triumph…. Thanks to the Publisher and HFVBT, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of THE TIGER QUEENS for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy. Giveaway runs 11/19/14 to 11/25/14 Winners will be announced 11/26/14. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway. Your comment MUST include your email so I can contact you….if you do not enter an email in the comments your entry will…
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Review: The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan by Stephanie Thornton
Genghis Khan was one of antiquities most notorious and feared leaders. The Mongol empire grew exponentially under his reign but behind every fearless leader, there is often a woman pushing him to be better. This is the story of the women who made Genghis Khan’s empire what it was. It begins with the story of Borte, his queen. Borte’s future has been foretold by her seer mother and it doesn’t look good. She will come between two brothers and will bring war and destruction to her people because of it. But true to her promise to marry the man who would be come Genghis Khan, she endures the prophecy with as…
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Review: The Firebird (Slains #2) by Susanna Kearsley
Nicola Marter is a seemingly normal women, with an extraordinary gift. She can touch an object and see it’s past history. But she doesn’t like using her gift. She is afraid of being called a ‘freak’ and that people won’t accept her. So she hides her gift. While working in an art gallery specializing in Russian art, an old woman arrives with a wood carving of a firebird, claiming it belonged to Catherine the Great. Nicola’s boss doesn’t have any way of authenticating it and thus, it has no value to an art dealer. But when she touches it she sees that it was in fact given to a girl named Anna…