Author: Elizabeth Peterson

The Edge of Nowhere Blog Tour: Book Review

January 25, 2016 Reading Life 1 Comment
Today I’m participating in Cathie Armstrong’s blog tour for her new book, The Edge of Nowhere, just released on the 19th of this month! You can stop by her website and check out the other blog tour stops here.  Without further ado, let’s get to it!  Book review… Victoria Hastings Harrison…

Book Review: The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley

January 20, 2016 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery When Emily goes on vacation to the Chateau Chinon, she expects the rich atmosphere, steeped in the intertwined histories of France and England.  Her cousin Harry has been researching a long-lost treasure, supposed to have been left by…

Updates

January 16, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
I’ve been thinking about this little blog for several weeks, wanting to get back into the habit of posting the weird little quirks of our day to day life.  I miss those quick little posts, and I love remembering the random crap my kids do that makes me feel like…

Book Review: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier

January 12, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, translated by Anthea Bell Genre: Time Travel, YA, Fantasy Gwenyth Shepherd comes from a family with the gift of time travelers. According to everything she knows, though, the gene has missed her.  The time traveler is expected to be Gwen’s beautiful, educated (though…

Book Review: Silver In The Blood by Jessica Day George

January 6, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Silver In The Blood by Jessica Day George Genre: Fantasy, YA, Historical Fiction In 1890 Dacia and Lou are girls of high society and their biggest concerns are their European tour and the handsome young men they encounter.  On the occasion of their seventeenth birthdays, they are required…

Reading Goals 2016

January 5, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
Since the beginning of a new year is such an ideal time to set goals and make plans to be productive, I thought I’d do a short post detailing some of my reading and blogging plans for the New Year.  My posting has been a bit sporadic lately, though not…

Book Review: The Munich Girl by Phyllis E. Ring

December 31, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: The Munich Girl by Phyllis Edgerly Ring Genre: Historical Fiction Book Description (Cover Blurb): Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun.  Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did–that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends.  The secret surfaces…

Book Review: The Quantum Door by Jonathan Ballagh

December 26, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: The Quantum Door by Jonathan Ballagh Genre: YA, Sci-fi Brady and Felix have lived outside of a forbidden forest for as long as they can remember, but when a mysterious new neighbor moves in and fences spring up around the forest overnight, their curiosity knows no bounds.  When…

Book Review: Captive

December 17, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: Captive by Aimee Carter (#2 in the Blackcoat Rebellion series) Genre: YA, Dystopian Ever since Kitty Doe was kidnapped and forced to take over the life of the Prime Minister’s niece, her frustration and irritability has been growing.  She hates everything about her new life–her fiancee, her diet,…

Book Review: Stoker’s Manuscript

December 9, 2015 Reading Life 1 Comment
Review of: Stoker’s Manuscript by Royce Prouty Genres: Fantasy, Literary, Mystery Joseph Barkley is a renowned inspector of rare and valuable manuscripts.  With such valuable items, he is used to their wealthy owners having quirks or downright odd demands, so when he is given the task of authenticating and delivering…