Bookish Gold...

Looking for some bookish gold? 

Try one (or more!) of these eight "gilded" reads:

1. The Gilded Lily by Helen Argers

(Think Edith Wharton but with a happier ending!)

2. A Gilded Grave by Shelley Freydont

(This is a very fun mystery set among the moneyed elite of Newport, Rhode Island.)

3. The Gilded Cage by Lucinda Gray

(Set in 1871, this YA gothic revolves around two American siblings 

and the grand estate they unexpectedly inherit in England.)

4.  The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe

(Anita Hemmings must pass as white in order to attend Vassar College

in this well-researched historical fiction novel.)

5.  The Gilded Shroud by Elizabeth Bailey

(This is the first book in Bailey's 'Lady Fan' mystery series.)

6.  In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen

(Spunky Molly Murphy is back to solve another mystery.)

7.  Gilded by Christina Farley

(This YA fantasy is set in modern-day South Korea and has 

an engaging heroine named Jae Hwa Lee.)

8.  The Gilded Age by Mark Twain

(No one makes fun of America and Americans like Twain!)

Happy Reading!

Rereading the Classics...

Some books should be read more than once. And lately, I've been wanting to reread some of my favorite books and authors, but I always seem to have a stack of library books that need to be read first. So I've decided that, for the next three weeks, I'm going to take a break from new reads and focus on rereads instead. Especially those classics I've been wanting to revisit for several months now. Here's the short list of books I'm hoping to reread over the next three weeks:

Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

1984 by George Orwell

Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 

Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

And something by Willa Cather...I'm just not sure which one yet.

There are other books and authors that I want to reread, of course, but I can't read them all in three weeks. So I'm starting with these. If I have time for more, I might pick up Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne or What Maisie Knew by Henry James, because I'm kind of in the mood to reread those books, too. After all, as Robertson Davies once said:

"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity, and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon, and by moonlight."

 Happy Rereading!

A Few of My Favorite Reads from 2015...

The Girls by Lori Lansens (An amazing novel about conjoined twins Ruby and Rose;
I didn't review this book on my blog but now I kind of wish I had
because Ruby and Rose are such memorable characters.)

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (A bookish gem!)

The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James (Ghostly suspense.)

The Ledge by Jim Davidson (A true story of survival and tragedy on Mt. Rainier.)

City of Jasmine by Deanna Raybourn (Adventure and romance.)

The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain (Set in Paris!)

The Edge of Normal by Carla Norton (Bookish suspense at its best.)

The Kiss of a Stranger by Sarah M. Eden (I should have blogged about this delightfully funny Regency romance, too, but I didn't; instead, I'm recommending it here.)

Happy Reading!

'Tis the Season ...

In the mood for some snowy winter reads? Here are a few books you might enjoy:

The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston

Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher

The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin

The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig

Trapped by Michael Northrop

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Happy Reading!

Feeling blue?

Whatever mood you're in, there's a book for that. Romance, friendship, travel, magic. Every shade of blue imaginable. Maybe you're in the mood for a dystopian future. Or maybe you prefer England in the 19th century. Wherever you want to go, whatever mood you're in, there's a book for that. So, if you're feeling a little blue, here are a few books that just might fit your mood:

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

Blue Willow by Doris Gates 

Mali Blues by Lieve Joris

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy

My favorite?

What color are you in the mood to read?