Daily Archives: May 10, 2025
Ten Novels Inspired by Poets
Wordsworth described poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility." That phrase resonates with me...
Movie: A pinch of Portugal
A prep cook is elevated to the spotlight on a cooking show after the celebrity chef quits. The cute Aussie cameramen plays a key...
The Passionate Tudor by Alison Weir depicts the complicated, ultimately tragic...
Mary I, England’s first true queen regnant, isn’t generally recognized for her admirable steadfastness, like her mother Catherine of Aragon, or her canny survival...
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
genre: non-fiction, historyA great friend of mine recommended this book on The Dust Bowl to me and I now know why. While I have...
Book Chase: Three Years a Traveler
(The last six weeks have conspired to throw me so far off my normal reading and blogging schedule that I now find myself way...
Carole´s Monday: Crown of hearts
Author: Judith LynneTitle: Crown of HeartsSeries: Lords and Undefeated Ladies #4Genre: Historical RomanceFormat: ebookPages: 539Published: April 30, 2021Where I Got It: My shelf (Amazon)Summary: Does Anthony's lonely past doom...