Books and Chocolate

The Count of Monte Cristo is one of those really long classics that's been on my to-read list forever. I'd always been intimida...

I'm beginning to feel like it's been to long since I actually wrote a book review -- summer is generally the time when I get a lo...

And the winner of the Back to the Classics Challenge Mid-Year Giveaway is. . . . Cat from Tell Me A Story !!! Congratulations, Cat...

2015 is halfway over! How's everyone doing with the Back to the Classics Challenge ? I'm pleased to report that I've alread...

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...