The Rogue Not Taken (2015) is the first book I’ve read by Sarah MacLean. Each chapter begins with an alliterative sentence torn right from the gossip rags. The gossip always surrounds the “dangerous daughters” of a scandalous, socially climbing family. The eldest daughter is known for “tricking” a Duke into marriage, while all of her sisters are outrageous in their own ways. All except for the youngest, Sophie, who is known as the “boring and plain” daughter. Being boring doesn’t stop Sophie from pushing the unfaithful […]
Amelia Peabody Goes to Egypt Again
I’ve been trying to always have an audio book available to listen to when I’m in my car. I enjoyed Elizabeth Peter’s first book in her series about Amelia Peabody, so I decided to move on to The Curse of the Pharaohs (1981). The Curse of the Pharaohs begins about three years (I think?) after the ending of the first book. Amelia has married Radcliffe Emerson–her love interest/soul mate from the first book, she’s just recently had a child, and they’ve settled down to a relatively peaceful […]
A Portrait of Loneliness
The Orchardist (2012) by Amanda Coplin is another book on Huffington Post’s list of 21 Books From the Last 5 Years That Every Woman Should Read. I’m slowly making my way through this list, and I’m grateful for the recommendations. I wasn’t sure what to expect with The Orchardist, and even now that I’ve read it, I have some mixed feelings. There is no question that this is an impressively written, very original story, with remarkably drawn characters. The orchard as a place, and the story […]
Thank you, Faintingviolet!
Kindred Spirits (2016) by Rainbow Rowell is more of a short story than a novel. Clocking in at just over sixty pages, it’s a fun, quick, tale. I was wondering whether I even wanted to bother writing a review for something I could read so quickly. In the end I decided it was worth it because I wanted to thank Faintingviolet for sending me this book! There is nothing like opening your mailbox to an unexpected, (because I forgot it was coming) brand-new book from one […]
It Will Change Your Life!!!
I vacillate between a compunction to organize and an amazing ability to be a procrastinating slob. At the moment, I’m leaning more towards the compunction to organize: my condo, my life, my finances, and I thought Marie Kondo’s book might give me some tips. And so I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (2014). Organizing seems pretty straight forward to me, and began reading wondering how Kondo would have enough to fill a book. How many different […]
Trust your gut. Forgive yourself. Be grateful.
“We all get stuck in place on occasion. We all move backward sometimes, Every day we must make the decision to move in the direction of our intentions. Forward is the direction of real life.” I read Wild by Cheryl Strayed back in 2012 and it remains an incredibly memorable and moving experience. I love Strayed’s writing. She is thoughtful, empathetic and adept at using poetic language to clearly describe her and other’s experiences. So when I heard that she had a new book of quotations […]
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