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Addition: Review e-book Rating: 3/5 Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove longs to break free from her respectable life as a Victorian doctor’s daughter. But her dreams become a nightmare when Louisa is sent to Wildthorn Hall: labelled a lunatic, deprived of her liberty and even her real name. As she unravels the betrayals that led to [...]

Waiting on Wednesday – or WoW – is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. The book I can’t wait to be released is: The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory The second book in Philippa’s stunning new trilogy, The Cousins War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy and [...]

What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week.  It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list. (taken from http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/) Last Week’s Reading: Voltaire: Candide [...]

This is a meme hosted by The Story Siren. So here is what entered my home this week: From The Library Kate Harrison: Old School Ties – chick-lit Alison Weir: Innocent Traitor – historical fiction Cora Harrison – Michaelmas Tribute – historical crime Tracy Chevalier: Remarkable Creatures – historical fiction Lynsay Sands: Bites – vampire [...]

Synopsis: The White Queen tells the story of a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition who, catching the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her two sons become [...]

Yes, it is true, I went to the library AGAIN this week! I just love it there….! So here is what I took out this time: Tracy Chevalier: Remarkable Creatures – historical fiction Lynsay Sands: Bites – vampire thriller Eshkol Nevo: World Cup Wishes – contemporary fiction So now my shelf looks like this: (although [...]

Now I think I was a good girl yesterday when I went to the library. Not only did I return more books than I took out, but there was a book sale on, where every book was 20p, but I didn’t even look. Yay for me… I think! Haha! I did however take out 3 [...]

Amazon synopsis: This title is suitable for children of ages 12 years & over. When Picky’s Mum forces her to look after Gran, who has dementia, Picky is accidentally transported back to the year 1685, where a man in a wig insists she is someone called Amelia and tries to kill her. Managing to get [...]

Waterstones Synopsis: Martha Carrier was hanged on August 19th 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, unyielding in her refusal to admit to being a witch, going to her death rather than joining the ranks of men and women who confessed and were thereby spared execution. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and wilful, openly challenging [...]

Waterstones Synopsis: A lost child: On the eve of the First World War, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress had promised to look after her – but has disappeared without a trace. A terrible secret: On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell Andrews [...]