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Top 5 Wednesday is a goodreads group that responds to weekly bookish posts. I have not participated the last few weeks, but am glad to be back this week. February 22nd: Best or Favorite Illustrated Covers If author duos are on the rise in fiction, illustrated covers are even more so! Book covers, especially YA... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post sponsored by The Artsy Reader Girl. Today's topic is favorite heroines. Elizabeth Bennet- Pride and Prejudice, over two centuries later, and contemporary women can still see themselves reflected in Elizabeth Elizabeth Zott- Lessons in Chemistry Elizabeth refuses to bend to male expectations and succeeds by being herself Hermione... Continue Reading →
Thank you to Netgalley for providing with a free ebook copy of this title in exchange for an honest review. Description: Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are heading out on a school trip to Paris. As an aspiring artist himself, Jordan can't wait to see all the amazing... Continue Reading →
Note: this list is based on when I read the books, not publication date. I've included links to my reviews. January: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus February: The Happily Ever After Playlist by Abby Jiminez March: Thin Ice by Paige Shelton April: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas May: A Stitch in Time... Continue Reading →
"Imagine if all men took women seriously. Education would change. The workforce would revolutionize.." — Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry Goodreads Synopsis: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s... Continue Reading →
There are a lot of books coming out in February with some of my favorite categories: WWII, myths and fairy tales, and middle grade February 7 Goodreads Synopsis: 1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port, she... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post sponsored by The Artsy Reader Girl. Each month I post a review of my favorite book of the month. Today's topic is New-to-me authors I discovered in 2022. I realized many of them last year were by authors I hadn't read before. I've posted links for my reviews;... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is weekly post sponsored by The Artsy Reader Girl . This week's topic is 2023 reading g Goodreads goal: read 85 books. My total for this year was 82, so it seemed like a realistic goal Read at least one book a month that has been on my tbr pile for years.... Continue Reading →
Thank you to Netgalley for providing with a free ebook copy of this title in exchange for an honest review. Description: Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth?The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries... Continue Reading →
This is a little delayed because I had some issues with exporting my goodreads information to storygraph: Read 72 books, 25,073 pages This is typical of my reading since I read a lot of romance and women's fiction, which qualifies as emotional and lighthearted. I'm not really sure how they determine pace, but comparing this... Continue Reading →
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