Mini Reviews- Bitter Orange, No Exit, and Disoriental

Mini Reviews- Bitter Orange, No Exit, and Disoriental

Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller From the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them—Cara first: dark and beautiful, then Peter: striking and serious. The couple is spending the summer of 1969 in the rooms below hers while Frances is researching the architecture in the surrounding gardens. But she's distracted. Beneath [...]

Books for Gryffindors

Books for Gryffindors

Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm. I love that this month is all about Harry Potter! First up, we have books for Gryffindors! This was a bit of a challenge but Shanah shared some characters of each house that I found to be very helpful: They are experience oriented, [...]

Blog Tour- The Matchmaker’s List Review

Blog Tour- The Matchmaker’s List Review

The Matchmaker's List by Sonya Lalli One devoted modern girl + a meddlesome, traditional grandmother = a heartwarming multicultural romantic comedy about finding love where you least expect it  Raina Anand may have finally given in to family pressure and agreed to let her grandmother play matchmaker, but that doesn't mean she has to like [...]

January Wrap Up

January Wrap Up

# of Books Read: 14 # of Pages Read: 4,273 Favourite Book(s) of the Month: All My Puny Sorrows, Disoriental, & Bitter Orange The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore The Radium Girls and their story will stay with me for a long time. I still can not believe [...]