Who hasn’t dreamed of packing up your things and taking a year off from life to travel? Elizabeth Gilbert does exactly that in Eat, Pray, Love.
My first thoughts are that I enjoyed this book but found it sluggish in the middle. Gilbert starts out with a fast-moving, easy pace, and when she stops her tale about [...]
After reading rave reviews of this novel, I was just sure it was going to be fantastic.
I didn’t even make it past the second chapter.
The language is beautiful, but it’s written in a style that makes it difficult to understand at times. A lot of Malaysian dialect is used, which means the dialogue can be [...]
Ahhh, Julia Quinn. She never fails to make me smile, page after glorious page.
The Lost Duke of Wyndham is Quinn’s first novel in a new series about the Cavendish family. In this particular novel, Jack Audley is believe to be the long lost son of a prior Wyndham duke. It’s a bit of a prodigal son [...]
So far, I’ve read all of Julie Anne Long’s releases. This particular novel is the beginning of a new series called Pennyroyal Green, and it’s told from the male POV…an unusual way to unfold a romance novel but certainly interesting. And it works.
The book revolves around a murder mystery. Colin Eversea is [...]
I just finished reading this fabulous (but slightly outdated) travel book by National Geographic on Paris.
Paris is a beautiful city, and I visited last year in the spring. Of course, we hit the highlights…the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, you know, the usual sights. We even managed to discover the Catacombs. But this guide gave [...]
