The following are the books I plan to read in the month of February: A Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro Cinder by Marissa Meyer I have also placed a book order from Chapters/Indigo and there is... Continue Reading →

January turned out to be a great reading month for me.  The following are the books that I finished in January along with how I rated them on Goodreads: Thursday’s Children by Nicci French – 4 stars The Princeling of Nanjing by Ian Hamilton – 3 stars Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas –... Continue Reading →

Book:               Nearer Home Author:            Joy Castro This is the second book in the Nola Cespedes series.  Nola is a crime reporter for a newspaper in New Orleans.  While out jogging one morning she discovers her former university professor’s body. Nola begins to investigate and discovers that her professor was working on a couple of stories... Continue Reading →

Book:              The Winter Rose Author:            Jennifer Donnelly This is the second book in the Tea Rose trilogy.  The first book, The Tea Rose, I rated four out of five stars on Goodreads.  Normally I find that the second book in a trilogy is my least favorite, however, I absolutely loved this book and enjoyed... Continue Reading →

  In the summer of 2015 I found a gem of a book at a used book store.  It is the first book of a trilogy and is called The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly.  The setting is London, 1888 and the story was about a young woman, Fiona Finnegan whose goal in life was... Continue Reading →

When I was on vacation in Victoria, British Columbia in July, 2015, I found a fantastic used book store called Russell Books.  It is huge and has two locations.  I ended up buying too many to take on the plane so had to ship some home.  A week or two after I got home, I... Continue Reading →

Book:  Even Dogs in the Wild Author:  Ian Rankin Once again Rebus is pulled out of retirement in “Even Dogs in the Wild” and he is quite happy about it.  Turns out retirement is not necessarily to his liking (no surprise there) and he is more than willing to assist Siobhan when she calls and... Continue Reading →

Book:  The Little Stranger Author:  Sarah Waters Although this book is told from the perspective of Dr. Faraday, in my opinion, the main character in this story is Hundreds Hall, a grand house and estate that is a couple of hundred years old.  Dr. Faraday grew up in the Warwickshire district of England where his... Continue Reading →

I am currently reading Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin.  I'm not even sure what book this is in the series as he has written so many but I am just loving it.  Rebus is such a great character and I am savoring each sentence.  Ian Rankin took 2014 off from any serious... Continue Reading →

Spoiler Alert   I finished Crown of Midnight, the second book in the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas last night.  It had been a few months since I had read Throne of Glass and it was good to get back into that world again with Celaena, Chaol and Dorian.  I was surprised... Continue Reading →