Top 5 Tuesday: Summertime reads

Happy Tuesday! I hope all my friends here in the U.S. enjoyed their Memorial Day weekend. I spent quite a bit of mine working, but my mom is in town so I've been with her a lot as well. For all of us in the states, Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. With …

READING NOTES: #MiserablesMay group read, Vol. 3 (with spoilers)

Every week I'm falling farther behind on finishing volumes of The Brick. In case you haven't been paying attention, I'm participating in a group read of "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo. It's hosted by Emma at The Terror of Knowing and Liz at Travel in Retrospect. Thank you both; you've sufficiently ruined my life. [Need …

Top 5 Tuesday: ‘Unputdownable’ reads

Hi, friends! I took a break from Top 5 Tuesday last week, but I'm back now with my list of "unputdownable" reads! Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm. This week I dug deep into my already-read archives so I could avoid listing my more obvious picks. Let's …

Down the TBR Hole #1

Hello, all! I'm trying something new today. Since I'm not super keen on this week's Top 5 Tuesday theme and couldn't think of my own, I decided this would be a great time for me to launch my own series of "Down the TBR hole" posts. This is a concept that originated with Lia at …

READING NOTES: #MiserablesMay group read, Vol. 2 (with spoilers)

My reading of "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo continues. I'm along for the ride with group read hosts Emma at The Terror of Knowing and Liz at Travel in Retrospect. I just finished Volume 2 and wanted to share a few thoughts. [You can read what I had to say about Volume 1 here.] I …

READING NOTES: #MiserablesMay group read, Vol. 1 (with spoilers)

Never did I ever think I'd be attempting to read "Les Misérables" again, yet here we are. I blame Emma over at The Terror of Knowing for luring me back to The Brick, which I first tried to read in 2016-17ish. It's OK, though. Reading something overwhelming like this deserves to be blogged about, and …

Top 5 Tuesday: Books I want to reread

Welcome to another Tuesday, and another installment of Top 5 Tuesday hosted by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm. This week is all about books I'd like to reread, if I can ever find the time! You'll notice some of the titles are hyperlinked. That's because I've blogged about them before! I must really like them …

REVIEW: “Lilac Girls” by Martha Hall Kelly

"Lilac Girls" by Martha Hall Kelly Paperback, 502 pages Published Feb. 28, 2017, by Ballantine Books ISBN: 1101883081 Synopsis "'Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter ... It's a miracle all this beauty emerges after such hardship, don't you think?'"Caroline Ferriday "Lilac Girls" is the story of three women, …