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07 Feb
Greetings, fellow word nerds! I couldn’t resist sharing today’s word after thestoryenthusiast shared it with me in last week’s comments. It paints such a great picture, I think we need to have the English equivalent. The word is: quidnunc. As soon as I looked at the word, my
06 Feb
Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday, brought to you by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is Books That Have Been on My TBR the Longest. In my world, that probably translates to Books That Have Been on My TBR So Long I’ve Forgotten They’re Even There, which
05 Feb
This review is part of TLC Book Tours blog tour for The Lost Castle. ~ About the Book ~ Broken-down walls and crumbling stones seemed to possess a secret language all their own. What stories would they tell, if she finally listened? Ellie Carver arrives at her grandmother’s bedside expecting to
04 Feb
Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz! I hope you’ve had a chance to stick your head in a good book this weekend. Our family went to the cricket in Sydney this weekend—a two hour drive each way from where we live—but it certainly didn’t stop some of us from getting some reading done. And
03 Feb
~ About the Book ~ Lacemaker Vivienne Rivard never imagined her craft could threaten her life. Yet in revolutionary France, it is a death sentence when the nobility, and those associated with them, are forced to the guillotine. Vivienne flees to Philadelphia but finds the same dangers lurking
02 Feb
Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I’ve just finished reading Jocelyn Green’s upcoming release, A Refuge Assured—a novel of revolution and rebellion and the life of a young French lacemaker who gets caught in the crossfire. I’ll be posting my review
01 Feb
Hello, book lovers! If you wondering whether I’ve suddenly lost the ability to count, let me assure you, I have not! But my plans for this edition of the Fast Five Review Roundup were derailed somewhat when I stumbled upon the Brew Ha Ha series about two weeks ago and ended up
31 Jan
Happy Wednesday, word nerds! A few months ago, I did a Word Nerd post about irony. As I explained then, I’m fascinated by different types of humour—partly because I like to be able to describe humour accurately in my reviews, but also just because it’s a fun subject! Well, last week
