Books and Chocolate

It's almost time for Paris in July 2015 !! If you're not familiar, it's an annual event hosted by Thyme for Tea. Bloggers are...

I've already read two Victorian novels so far this summer . . . how many more can I finish? Allie from A Literary Odyssey is hosting...

Well, it took a movie adaptation, but I think I am finally converted to liking Thomas Hardy. I had read Tess of the D'Urbervilles s...

Mary Barton was the first novel published by Elizabeth Gaskell, author of one of my very favorite books, Wives and Daughters . I'd...

I think the best thing about Adam's TBR Pile Challenge is that it inspires me to read those books that have been hanging around the b...

Well, it had to happen sometime: Edith Wharton has finally disappointed me. Twilight Sleep  is the thirteenth book by Wharton that I have...

The Woman Warrior is the seventh book I read from my 2015 TBR Pile Challenge. I chose it in honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage mo...

Classics Spin #9! My selection was  Shadow on the Rock  by Willa Cather, a book I've had on my shelves for several years. I hadn'...

The Eustace Diamonds is the third novel in Anthony Trollope's Pallisers series. This is the 19th novel by Trollope that I've rea...

And the winner of the second Anthony Trollope giveaway is. . . .  Amy of Sadie Belle Reads ! She's won her choice of Anthon...