Flower bed
When I die, sprinkle my ashes here so I can sleep forever in this beautiful bed. From Recyclart © Jan McClintock of We Need More Shelves
Review: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe was highly touted and sounded mysterious and fascinating as a historical novel. From the description: “Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie’s grandmother’s abandoned home
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Review: Dear Mr. Holmes: Seven Holmes on the Range Mysteries
Dear Mr. Holmes: Seven Holmes on the Range Mysteries by Steve HockensmithMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Whether or not you’ve read any of the “Holmes on the Range” books yet, you will love this set of stories set in the 1890’s west with adventure, mystery and humor. I’ll bet afterward you’ll be stamping at the
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Review: You Are Free
You Are Free by Matthew Montague My review on Amazon.com: Sea Story – Not for Everyone (which leaves more for me) It’s obvious from the vastly different ratings here that this book isn’t for everyone. That may be because some readers were unwilling to give the second-person narrative style a chance. It is slightly unconventional,
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Recent Fun Finds
Here are a few things I’ve found online that I’ve been waiting to share! Abandonments Reinvented: The World’s Most Stunning Bookshops from one of my favorite sites, UrbanGhosts, features awesome photographs of a few places I could definitely live happily forever. Sarah Illenberger’s “Good Weather” from another favorite site, The Coolist.com, spotlights an artist I
Reviews to Come
Between travel and work, I’ve had less time for reading lately, but I’m never far from a stack of books. As promised, I will be reviewing two of my favorites: Steve Hockensmith’s latest book Dear Mr. Holmes and Ruth Downie’s Caveat Emptor as soon as possible. Other reviews to come: Song of the Silk Road by Mingmei Yip; The
My Kindle Wish List
People of the Book: A Novel – by Geraldine Brooks; a fictionalized account of the Sarajevo Haggadah and the people who protected this early Jewish illuminated manuscript. The modern tale is of scientific research by a restoration expert and include romance, mystery and philosophy along with the history. HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!
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My TBR Stack
In no particular order, here are a few books I hope to read in the next few months: Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie, a novel of the Roman Empire; 3rd in the series of Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso in Britannia A Mapmaker’s Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer of the Court of Venice by