My “Currently Reading” shelf on my Goodreads account indicates that I am currently reading seven books. Despite my over-ambitious reading load, I am looking forward to reading the following three books this month: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman (available 06/14/16) The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain (2014) The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston…
Dear Bookworms, Picking up fourteen years since we last adventured with literary detective Thursday Next, First Among Sequels finds our beloved heroine a bit older but no less embroiled in the complicated issues of real-world and BookWorld literature. Her role as the Last Bastion of Common Sense within the BookWorld’s Council of Genres, means…
May tends to be one of the busiest months of the year – graduations, weddings, confirmations, birthdays, etc. Find time this month to sneak away to your favorite outdoor reading spot to read one of our May picks! Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet (available 05/03/16) ‘Tis Herself by Maureen O’Hara (published in 2004)…
It is April, a time for flowers and light layers. This month we are reading a new book, a book from 2007, and book two of The d’Artagnan Romances. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (available 04/05/16) Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (published in 2007) Twenty Years After by Alexander Dumas (published in 1845) I…
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens, Great Expectations I hope the Dickens quote above will be reflected in the weather this month. I am ready for a taste of…
Dear Bookworms, Jasper Fforde’s lighthearted romp through literature continues in Something Rotten, his fourth book in the Thursday Next series. Tired out after a two year stint running Jurisfiction within the BookWorld, Thursday Next decides it is time to return to the outside world and reclaim her actual life. Her assignments in fiction, however, are…
Dear Bookworms, If you haven’t heard of The Martian by now, you’ve probably been living under a large rock. Andy Weir’s bestselling science-fiction novel has soared to great heights recently, with top reviews and a 2015 film adaptation starring Matt Damon. The Wall Street Journal called the book “the best pure sci-fi novel in years.” And for good reason….
Dear Bookworms, With the recent publication of Winter, the popular new series The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer comes to an end. I, admittedly, was late in coming to this series due to the fact that I was incredibly pessimistic about any more fractured fairytales. However, after having it recommended to me multiple times by…
Hello Beautiful People, Happy New Year from us to you! I hope you all had a wonderful, happy, and healthy start to 2016, and that you continue to have a wonderful year. Our January picks for this month are as follows: The Big Short, by Michael Lewis (now a major motion picture! Purchase your very…
Dear Bookworms, By now, many of you may be familiar with Anthony Doerr’s popular novel All the Light We Cannot See. Originally published in May of 2014, it quickly gained a place on the New York Times best seller list, and remains there even now. Readers, the praise this novel has received is not undue. …