Sunday, December 2, 2012

50th Post

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I can't believe I've gotten to my fiftieth post on this blog. Really. My private journals each have like 800+ entries each, but that's just me talking out of my ass and complaining and what not. The year is almost is over. I'm thinking about making a year in review post. At the beginning of this year,...

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Sunday, October 14, 2012

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong Review

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The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 4 of 5 stars So I bought this book sometime in mid 2011. Like always, it was awhile until I got to it. Try a year and half like, but I'm glad that I finally decided to pick it up. I vaguely read the blurb on the pack and surprisingly I didn't look for spoilers...

Saturday, September 15, 2012

The Modern Temper by Lynn Dumenil Mini Review

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The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s by Lynn Dumenil My rating: 5 of 5 stars I originally saw this book online, but since I didn't have the money right then to purchase it, I decided the next best thing was to go the library (Which was awesome. I'm definitely going more often.)Compared...

Friday, September 7, 2012

Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin by Marion Meade Review

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Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin Writers Running Wild in the Twenties by Marion Meade My rating: 5 of 5 stars I became fascinated with the twenties when I happened to stumble on two different young adult series set in the 1920s. I loved those books and like with a lot of my interests, I immediately sought...

Monday, September 3, 2012

Duchess by Night by Eloisa James review

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Duchess By Night by Eloisa James My rating: 4 of 5 stars After reading the first book in the Desperate Duchesses series I was looking forward to reading the second book. Unlucky for me though I hadn't bought it, although I thought I did, it turns out I missed it. But I didn't want to wait to read more...

Friday, August 24, 2012

Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning Review

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Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had heard about this book back in 2005 when I was in the first throes of my Star Wars obsession. After I tried and failed to read Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, I stayed away from the EU and other science fiction books. Fast forward...

Monday, August 20, 2012

The Housemaid's Scandalous Secret by Helen Dickson Review

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Castonbury Park: Scandalous Whispers: The Wicked Lord Montague\The Housemaid's Scandalous Secret by Carole Mortimer My rating: 4 of 5 stars After I saw the ad of this series come up on my feed on Facebook, I knew it had to read them. Even though I've only watched a bit of the first series of Downton...

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt Review

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The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt My rating: 5 of 5 stars Is it possible to love a series as much do this one? I think this was a perfect end to the trilogy. Simon was the perfect hero for me. He was handsome and passionate, but he had a funny bone. I mean the letter to Lucy at the end of the book...

Saturday, August 4, 2012

The Wicked Lord Montague by Carole Mortimer Review

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The Wicked Lord Montague by Carole Mortimer My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have been looking forward to reading this series ever since I saw it show up on my Facebook feed. I've never watched the Upstairs Downstairs drama that popularized this type of books, but I've started Downton Abbey and after reading...

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Monday, July 16, 2012

French Kiss by Dee Dawning Review

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French Kiss by Dee Dawning My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was officially my first erotica. I didn't want it to be Fifty Shades of Grey, even though everyone and their mother is reading that book.I liked it, but I felt the story was rushed. I didn't know when I bought it, that the book had only 93 pages....

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Love and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser Review

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Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King by Antonia Fraser My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was my first foray into biographies about the members of the French monarchy. I've long been a fan of Marie Antoinette, but it wasn't until I was searching for other books on different monarchy,...

Saturday, July 7, 2012

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives

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Life & Death of Anne Boleyn: The Most Happy by Eric Ives My rating: 4 of 5 stars Since I first read The Six Wives of Henry VIII I have long held a fascination and admiration of Anne Boleyn. She represented everything I aspired to be and she still does.I've had this book for awhile, but I've just...

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Friday, June 29, 2012

Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right by Kieran Kramer Review

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Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right by Kieran Kramer My rating: 4 of 5 stars The second book in the Impossible Bachelors series was charming. I didn't love it as much as I loved When Harry Met Molly, but I thought it was a good addition.Poppy was a likable heroine. I thought the rules of the...

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Sex with the Queen by Eleanor Herman review

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Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics by Eleanor Herman My rating: 4 of 5 stars I recently read Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by the same author. I really enjoying looking at the various queens and I was introduced to...

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Mary Boleyn: Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir

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Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir My rating: 3 of 5 stars What I knew of Mary Boleyn came from biographies on Anne Boleyn. I looked forward to reading this book seeing as it was written by Weir.I enjoyed the book, but for some reason I couldn't really connect with Mary like I did with...

Monday, June 11, 2012

After the Abduction by Sabrina Jefferies (Slight Spoilers)

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After the Abduction by Sabrina Jeffries My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked this book as I so often do because of the cover. The updated cover not the same one as this edition. I know it is a horrible habit of mine, but it hasn't come back to bite me in the ass just yet. I vaguely recall reading the blurb...

Friday, June 8, 2012

The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt review

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The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was my second Elizabeth Hoyt novel and as soon I settled into, I remembered why I loved The Raven Prince so much. Hoyt is adapting making the hero and heroine jump off the page. I was really rooting for George and Harry and I was really...

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir Review

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The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have previously started this book, but I only got forty pages into it before something else caught my attention. After I finished The Six Wives of Henry VIII I wanted more Tudor stuff, so what better to read than this? After I've always...

Friday, May 25, 2012

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

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The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had originally read this book way back in 2002 when I was twelve and it spawned a fascination with the Tudor era that has continued to this day. On rereading this book again, I rediscovered little details, although I remembered most...

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Elizabeth: Virgin Queen? by Phillipa Jones

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Elizabeth: Virgin Queen? by Philippa Jones My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was officially my first bio on Elizabeth I, though I've read a lot about her father's reign and I own a biography on her mother, Anne Boleyn. This particular one focused on whether or not Elizabeth had any children and the possibilities...

Monday, May 14, 2012

Much Ado About Rogue by Kasey Michaels Mini Review

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Much Ado About Rogues by Kasey Michaels My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was my first book by Kasey Michaels and I don't think it will be the last. I thought she did a good job of making the characters realistic and the action was written believably. I picked up this book unaware that it was part of a series....

Saturday, April 21, 2012

The Ballerina Bride by Fiona Harper Mini Review

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The Ballerina Bride by Fiona Harper My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was really a perfect little book. I thought the author did a good job of making the characters seem real and the romance didn't seem rushed despite the fact that it took place over the course of a week tops. I liked the reality TV premise...

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Jane by April Lindner Mini Review

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Jane by April Lindner My rating: 5 of 5 stars I bought this book because I loved the original Jane Eyre novel and I love young adult literature. I didn't expect myself to love the book as much as I did.I could see the instant parallels between Jane Eyre and this book. But the author made the characters...

Friday, March 23, 2012

Protected by the Prince Mini Review

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Protected by the Prince: The Weight of the Crown by Annie West My rating: 3 of 5 stars I started this while I was waiting in the doctor's office. I quite ignored the fact that I already had a book I was supposed to be reading. But then that's how I roll.I liked the premise of the book. Plus the I quite...

Monday, March 5, 2012

The Other Tudors Mini Review

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The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards by Philippa Jones My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked up this book when I went out to the Barnes and Noble for the first time since August 2011. I don't regret buying this book at all and the fact that I got it on a sale made it even better.I've been...

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt Review

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I have been wanting to read this book for the longest time and I finally sat down and did just that. The first fifty pages of the book went by and a little slowly. I think the overall tone of the book is rather slow paced one in the first place. But after I passed the first a hundred page of it I...

Sunday, February 12, 2012

When Harry Met Molly by Kieran Krammer review

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Before I write my thoughts on this lovely book, I have to admit something. I have never seen When Harry Met Sally beside the clip of the infamous fake orgasm scene by Meg Ryan. But I will try to watch in the future. When I started reading the prologue and it introduced 13 year old Molly with her...

Friday, February 10, 2012

By His Majesty's Grace by Jennifer Blake review

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I feel the title of the book describes perfectly what happens in the end of the story. When I first bought this book, I had originally thought it was going to take place in Henry VIII's court, but instead it takes place before he's even born. It's my fault really because I automatically assumed the...

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Thoughts on Caitlyn's Prize by Linda Warren

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First thing that I want to mention about the book is the cover. It depicts a scene in the book. What I'm about to say isn't important to the story, it's just a minor detail. The dress that Caitlyn wears is described as strapless. The dress the model is wearing has a strap. A thin strap, but it's a...

Friday, February 3, 2012

Thoughts on Trouble at the Wedding

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With this book finished, I have read fourteen books toward my goal of a hundred books and I have six more books to read for the month of February. I picked up this book at the beginning of the month. I lusting after it for at least two weeks and when I saw it at the bookstore, I just had to...

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

An Obsession with Flappers

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I don't know when I exactly became obsessed with the Flappers and the Roaring Twenties. All I know is I read two books that were set in the Twenties and it went from there. Now I'm rapidly consuming information about this period in American history and one of the books I've read on that journey is Flapper...

Saturday, January 28, 2012

In The Past Week...

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I finished my eleventh book and my first classic of the new year. I chose Persuasion by Jane Austen as my book for January. I initially took reading it slower than I usually do. I usually read classics slower than I do contemporary books because of the language but this doesn't bother me as much as it used to. But on to the story. I had originally watched the 1995 adaptation and fell in love with...

Friday, January 20, 2012

Until There Was You Mini-Review

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Until There Was You by Kristan Higgins My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got this book on Wednesday. I had been seeing it everywhere and then I saw that one of my friends had read it and she spoke highly of it, so I decided why not give it a go?The first thing that I noticed was that it was hilarious. Posey...

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Ninth Book Down!

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Yass! I have read my ninth book for the month of January! Now I'm clear to spend my time reading Persuasion. I loved the 1995 movie and I'm hoping I love the book. I usually love the books more, but I can appreciate a good adaptation. Here are my thoughts on another Clique novella. Dylan by Lisi...

Monday, January 16, 2012

Two Book Reviews

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I come armed with two reviews of the young adult variety. I'm eight books down for my ten book a month challenge. The ninth book has yet to be decided, but the tenth book which I have saved for the last week of January will be one of my classics for the year. I've chosen Persuasion as I simply fell...

Saturday, January 14, 2012

And Only To Deceive Review

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Six books down and four to go for the month of January. I've made it a goal to read 10 books a month including a classic of my choice. And Only Deceive is my sixth book. When I first started reading the book, it took me awhile to get into it. Usually I intend to read a full 100 pages, but I only...

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Several Reviews and an Explanation

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On the day after my last post here, my internet was turned off. It's a long story, but they claimed we didn't pay them. So for almost two weeks I was without internet. I almost went insane. But what did I do with the time, you ask? I read of course. I think I finished eight books. I also wrote up my thoughts on the books. I have a new laptop (yay!) that I love and I'm hoping to be posting more regularly...
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