Blogging University
Blog Stats
- 86,527 hits
NetGalley
500 Reviews
Top Reviewer
Archives
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- June 2001
Tag Archives: Novel
#MR FINCHLEY DISCOVERS ENGLAND By Victor Canning
PEACE – BE KIND The cover attracted my attention and I decided to read it even though it is not a mystery. I found an easy, humorous, and fast moving story. Edgar Finchley is a clerk who at 45 years … Continue reading
Posted in #NetGalley, Books, Treasures of the past
Tagged bicycle, gypsies, mental patient, Mr Finchley, Novel, smugging, Victor Canning, walk
1 Comment
#REST AND BE THANKFUL by Helen MacInnes
PEACE This is my book I reach for when I want to relax and probably my # one book. It is nothing like her other books. Written during the cold war It touches on the subject of how thoughts and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, TBR PILE
Tagged cold war, Helen MacInnes, Novel, Sarah, unpublished authors
Leave a comment
#THE LIBRARY OF THE LOST AND FOUND by Phaedra Patrick
PEACE A new author for me, this is not my usual reading. I was not disappointed and will read this author again. Martha Storm who puts everyone’s interest before her own. She keeps a document that lists all she has … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edelweiss
Tagged book, Grandmother, helps, library, Martha, Novel, Phaedra Patrick
2 Comments
A SPARK OF LIGHT by Jodi Picoult
THINK POSITIVE! HUGS! The first time that I have read this author and I found an outstanding story about abortion, pro, and con that was extremely fair. It hit me again and I felt victimized again. A sunny clear fall … Continue reading
THE POST CAROUSEL by Juliet Blackwell
THINK POSITIVE! HUGS! I almost didn’t request this book but I am glad I did. I found I got so involved in the storyline, I couldn’t put it down instead read far into the night. I had problems reading the … Continue reading
Posted in #NetGalley, Books
Tagged 3 generations, Cady, CAROUSELS, Juliet Blackwell, Novel, romance photography
5 Comments
DREAMS OF FALLING by Karen White
Only a skillful storyteller could use 3 points of view and separate the tale by 2 decades. Yet the story was brought together so you had only one view. Since I don’t handle this arrangement very well, I had trouble … Continue reading
Posted in #NetGalley, Books
Tagged 3 points of view, family secrets, Karen White, Larkin, mystery, Novel, romance, two decades, violence
7 Comments
OTHER PEOPLES HOUSES by Abbi Waxman
I requested this novel as all the ratings, I read were positive. I did not expect the foul language and sex scenes. I had trouble with it at the beginning and decided to put it aside and and read it … Continue reading
Posted in #NetGalley, Books, Uncategorized
Tagged 4 families, Abbi Waxman, lanuage, Novel, sex
5 Comments
STANDALONE SUNDAY
THINK POSITIVE! HUGS! This post is a post created by Megan Bookslayers @ https://bookslayerreads.com/ I learned about from Susan @ https://susanlovesbooks.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/standalone-sunday-29/ My book today is INDIAN SUMMER by Marcia Willett A novel set among the peaceful filling hills of Devon, … Continue reading
BLUEFIRE By Phyllis A. Whitney
Written during South Africa apartheid period, the details are accurate. I find the idea dreadful. Susan Hohenfield returns to Cape Town as the bride a childhood friend and her Father’s ward. Her Mother left the family home taking right-year-old Susan … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged apartheiid, diamonds, Favorite, memory, music, Novel, Phyllis A. Whitney, romance, Susan
4 Comments
PHONCIANA By Phyllis A. Whitney
This gothic romance is set on Palm Springs Island at the family mansion of the wealthy Logan family. The poinciana is in full bloom. The mansion is full of art and other valuable collections. Some of the pieces are missing. … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged 1970s, Favorite, Novel, Pepper, Phyllis A. Whitney, romance, Sharon
3 Comments