From the category archives:

TBR Challenge 2009

Last TBR Challenge of the Year, Dec. 16th

by Avid Reader on December 13, 2009

in TBR Challenge 2009

We’ve reached the end of the 2009 TBR Chal­lenge which will be this Wednes­day, Dec 16. Did you find any great books? I’m sure you did. I did. Any­way, for this month, pick a good one. Sign-ups for 2010 will start first week in Jan­u­ary when every­body is back from their hol­i­day vaca­tion. Happy Reading.

{ 6 comments }

Continue Reading

TBR Challenge 2009 This Wednesday, Sept 16th

by Avid Reader on September 14, 2009

in TBR Challenge 2009

Just a gen­tle reminder for those who are par­tic­i­pat­ing in the TBR Chal­lenge 2009. We have a review due this com­ing Wednes­day on 9.16.09. The theme for this month is a sim­ple one and that is to just pick an author you’ve never read before or an author who you haven’t read in a long time from your tbr […]

{ 8 comments }

Continue Reading

This review is a guest review writ­ten by fel­low reader, Senetra.
****
I chose to read Open Secret (2006) by Jan­ice Kay John­son, one of my auto-buy authors. This is the first book in a tril­ogy about sib­lings sep­a­rated by adop­tion fol­low­ing their par­ents’ deaths in a car acci­dent.
I started to read the book and was imme­di­ately confused […]

{ 0 comments }

Continue Reading

Reminder: TBR Challenge Is Next Wednesday

by Avid Reader on August 13, 2009

in TBR Challenge 2009

For those who are still in the chal­lenge to reduce their TBR piles, the next post for this month’s chal­lenge is next week, Wednes­day, August 19. This month’s theme is to pick a new author out of your TBR, read it and review it. Or read a book from an author you haven’t read in awhile. Or […]

{ 4 comments }

Continue Reading

First Comes Mar­riage by Mary Balogh (2009) and is the first in a five book series fea­tur­ing the “Huxta­bles”. The fol­low­ing guest review was sub­mit­ted by fel­low reader, Sen­e­tra. As an aside, I haven’t read Mary Balogh in quite some­time and I was look­ing for­ward to read­ing this one and now, may need to lower my expec­ta­tions.
*****
Mary Balogh […]

{ 7 comments }

Continue Reading

The Glass House (2004) by Ash­ley Gard­ner, is the third book in the Cap­tain Gabriel Lacey series set in Regency, Eng­land. The story fol­lows cal­vary offi­cer, Gabriel Lacey as he tries to hunt down a killer of a young actress whose body was pulled from the Thames.
Name your vice because The Glass House pro­vides it to gentleman […]

{ 7 comments }

Continue Reading

The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne (2008) is being reviewed by fel­low reader, Sen­e­tra. This book is avail­able in paper­back and ebook at your favorite retailer.
****
I avoid spy sto­ries. If I pick up a book and the blurb has the words “spy” or “spy­ing”, I stop read­ing and put it down, so when this book start­ing getting […]

{ 12 comments }

Continue Reading

Your Scan­dalous Ways (2008) by Loretta Chase is a romance that fol­lows an Eng­lish divor­cée and demi­monde resid­ing in Venice, Italy. The sub­plot of the story involves her pos­sess­ing some impor­tant, incrim­i­nat­ing let­ters belong­ing to her ex-husband, Lord Elph­ick, a man who is ambi­tiously climb­ing the polit­i­cal lat­ter in Lon­don.
James Cordier, an agent for his Majesty, is […]

{ 11 comments }

Continue Reading

Shaken and Stirred by Kath­leen O’Reilly (2008) is a Har­le­quin Blaze and the first entry in the Those Sexy O’Sullivans series.
“Shaken and Stirred” fea­tures a friends to lover’s theme and the con­flict? A woman’s des­per­ate need for inde­pen­dence. Tessa Hart is a twenty-six year old Man­hat­tan bar­tender, work­ing at Prime while earn­ing an asso­ciates degree in finance. She’s […]

{ 14 comments }

Continue Reading