Books and Chocolate

Before the Victorian Celebration , I wanted to read at least one book by an author that was new to me.   I had two novels by George Gis...

Since I run my library's book discussion group and I have all the power, I chose Tortilla Flat for our July read, because it's ...

Danger, Will Robinson!! Danger!!  I've found another challenge!! While reading some blog postings the other day, I found this Histo...

And the winner of my Zola Giveaway is. . . . . J ane GS from  Reading, Writing, Working, Playing !!!   Congratulations to Jane...

After my recent intense experience reading Zola , a children's classic was just the thing, especially since I'm still obsessed ...

Happy Bastille Day!  Joyeux Le Quatorze Juillet!  Today, I'm honoring both France and my favorite French author, Emile Zola.  (And ...

Well.  I have really been out of the blogging loop the past week or so, as I have been on vacation in beautiful California.  First, I w...

This was one of the books I chose last year for my TBR Challenge , and since it's a neo-Victorian, I thought it would fit in very w...

Another short Victorian, and hopefully a short review to accompany.  I bought this one several years ago in my quest to read everything b...

This book kind of fell into my lap a couple of weeks ago at the library.  Although I was hoping to read a children's classic during ...