This is the first check-in post for the Share-a-Read 2019 Reading Challenge. The first book I’m reading for this challenge is Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. This is the second time to read this book; and I’m not finished reading the book in time for the first post. I’m currently on page 150. So, […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Deeds. May 15, 2018. Genre: Fiction. Pages: 268. Source: I received a complimentary copy, but was not required to leave a positive review. The review copy is paperback and provided from Linda Hughes. This review is apart of the Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour. Rating: Good.

“No, the heart that has truly lov’d never forgets,But as truly loves on to the close;As the sunflower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turn’d when he rose.” Thomas Moore (1780-1852)

I’m a Blogger Grid Member. I’ve been asked to review the new Bible Gateway Bible Audio App after receiving it for free and using it on my iPad. Summary: With Bible Gateway’s Bible Audio App you can hear as well as read (at the same time) the Bible while on your daily commute, doing household […]

I took a month-long break from blogging. I removed social media apps from the iPhone and iPad. I looked at social media in the mornings on the laptop and then turned it off. I did not turn the laptop on Sundays. I learned and implemented several things during the break. Being away from the (almost) […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. First published 2010. Published by Vintage 2011. Genre: Nonfiction. History. Pages: 634 total reading pages. Format: Paperback. Source: Self-purchaseAudience: Readers of American history, biographies, and African American history. Rating: Excellent.

Publisher and Publication Date: Nelson Books. November 13, 2018. Genre: Christian nonfiction. Disappointment. Pages: 256. Source: Purchase. Rating: Excellent. Audience: A Christian who is going through a journey of disappointment, depression, sadness, and grief. A person who is not a Christian would be faced with reading Scripture, the Gospel message; and a concept that the […]

Publisher and Publication Date: November 2016. Viking. Genre: Nonfiction. Biographies. Pages: 251. Source: Library. Kindle edition. Rating: Recommend. Audience: Fans of Hollywood actresses.

Publisher and Publication Date: Pegasus Books. 2015.Genre: Nonfiction. British history. Pages: 400. Format: Hardcover. Source: Self-purchase.Audience: Readers of British history and the British monarchy. Rating: Very good.

“He went to church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and from, and patted children on the head, and questioned beggars, and looked down into the kitchens of houses, and up to the windows, and found that everything could yield him pleasure. He had never dreamed that any walk-that anything-could […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. My edition-2001. First published in 1977. Genre: Fantasy fiction. Pages: 378 pages total.Format: Paperback.Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of Tolkien stories. Rating: Excellent. Link for the book @ Amazon The e-book is currently free for Kindle Unlimited. Link for the book @ Barnes and Noble

Publisher and Publication Date: Apprentice House Press. May 1, 2021. Genre: Fiction. Pages: 294. Format: NetGalley e-book. Source: I received a complimentary e-book copy from NetGalley and Mind Buck Media. I am not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of coming of age and family stories. Rating: Okay.

Thank you to all the participants of the Chunkster Reading Challenge in 2021. Bravo to all those who persevered and read those chunky page books! I am not the host for the challenge in 2022. Becky at Becky’s Book Reviews is taking over as host. Thanks Becky! The link for her post with sign-up: Becky’s […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Joffe Books. September 24, 2020. Genre: Contemporary fiction. Crime. Detective. Mystery. Pages: 281.Source: eBook Kindle. Kindle Unlimited copy. Audience: Readers of crime, detective, mystery stories. Rating: Okay. Amazon link Summary: England. Current/modern time period.Sara is a cop and is assigned to work in a new area. She’s gotten a promotion. She […]