Hey everyone, guess who finally got caught up with this series? My epic re-read is done and I can now join the ever-increasing (I’m just taking for granted that more people will be reading the books as the TV show makes them curious and/or desperate for more Jamie and Claire) ranks of people languishing in wait for the next book. Spoilery part of the review on my blog. When it’s been a while since I’ve read one of her books, I keep forgetting how very […]
Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0] “In 1996, the church sent CDs to members to help them build their own websites, which would then link them to the Scientology site; included in the software was a filter that would block any sites containing material that vilified the church or revealed esoteric doctrines.” This book is 450 pages long, and filled with horrifying – and fascinating – things. But it wasn’t until page 386 that I actually stopped in my tracks and dog-eared the page with the above sentence. It […]
Awesome Lady Spy
Since with CBR6 I dropped the ball and didn’t regularly contribute, I can’t possibly expect regular Cannonballers to recall that I have a penchant for World War II stories, badass ladies, and intrigue. Suffice it to say, I do, so when my book club chose to read Clare Mulley’s The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville I was stoked. While at times tedious, the biography delivers all my jams, in spades! I won’t go into too many of the historical details […]
Washington’s Monument Is The One Dollar Bill
Some might object to any type of mudslinging at such a legendary figure as George Washington, but I can assure you that nothing of the sort takes place.
Unlikeliest wedding planner ever
Length: 390 pages, time taken: 3 hours Clio Whitmore is tired of waiting for her fiancé to come back to the country and marry her, and now she finally has the means to create a life for herself, she wants her engagement dissolved. Rafe Brandon, the erstwhile groom’s brother, has the legal power to do so, but instead of giving her what she wants, he tries to persuade her into going ahead. Unfortunately for him, it turns out that kissing her in the rain […]
An Architect and a Serial Killer During a Fair
This book is a work of creative non fiction that re-tells the overlapping stories of the architects of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and the serial killer Dr Henry Holmes. The book opens with one of the last surviving architects, Daniel Burnham, reflecting on his life and his friends as he travels on the ship Olympic towards Europe April 14, 1912 (the significance of the date becomes obvious later on). The rest of the story is told as a flashback, beginning with Chicago’s bid to […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 622
- 623
- 624
- 625
- 626
- …
- 677
- Next Page »