Books and Chocolate

Lately, I have been completely  obsessed by short stories.  I can't explain it (and I hope it doesn't mean that my attention span is...

Write what you know.  Okay, it's a cliche, but Edith Wharton honestly did, and once again, I can see fragments of her personal life in h...

Wow, what a great start to the year.  The Winter of Our Discontent is probably one of the less popular Steinbeck works, and I think that...

A lot of bloggers seem to be riffing on their top books of the decade.  Sadly, I lost track of all the books I'd read before I got on Go...

The year's nearly over, and it is so fun to look back and remember all the books I've read -- 133, and counting (might get up to 135...

Wow, I really cleaned up on Christmas!!  NINE new books, all of which are fantastic.  Here's the rundown: -- Two books by Pearl S. B...

Wow, I really needed this book.  This book has been sitting on my to-read pile for a couple of weeks, and I came thisclose to returning i...

  Oh, joy of joys! My Secret Santa swap arrived, and I love it! It's an ARC of a brand new book, Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addi...

I’m reviewing this book together with my good friend Amanda of The Zen Leaf . S ynopsis:   Set in the 1920s in England, Hong Kong, and ...

Though I feel slightly guilty, while reading and reviewing these two novellas, I can't help but refer to Cranford, the excellent BBC m...