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Monthly Archives: October 2009
The History of Halloween
The idea of Halloween dates all the way back to the Celtic festival Samhain (sow-in), literally meaning “summer’s end”. The day following Samhain, November 1st, was the Celtic new year, a celebration of the end of the fruitful harvest season and the beginning of the dark and dreary winter. The Celts believed that on the eve of the new year, October 31st, the frontier… Continue reading...
Posted in Holidays, The History of...
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Halloween How-To: Cleopatra and Marie Antoinette
As I posted yesterday, the makeup trend of the season is to keep it royal! So to add on to yesterday’s post, here are some fun ways you can use those makeup trends to create the perfect Halloween look. Channel your inner queen and deck yourself out as Cleopatra or Marie Antoinette this Halloween. Who says Halloween is just for kids?! For more Halloween makeup inspiration, visit the official… Continue reading...
Posted in Beauty, Cleopatra VII, Marie Antoinette
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Fall/Winter 09 Makeup Trends Take Note From History’s Famous Queens!
A good friend of mine is an events coordinator at the Times Square Sephora store here in NYC, and knowing my love of all things royally-related, she recently told me that there is going to be an influx of queen-themed makeup releasing this holiday season! Imagine my delight when she named brand after brand that would be featuring the likes of Marie Antoinette and Elizabeth I as inspiration for their… Continue reading...
Posted in Beauty, Cleopatra VII, Elizabeth I, Marie Antoinette
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Mailbox Monday
Mailbox Monday is a book meme hosted by The Printed Page. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. What books came into your home this week?This week brought me 2 new books:O, Juliet by Robin MaxwellPaperback ARC, sent to me from the publisher.Sunflowers: A Novel of Vincent van Gogh by Sheramy BundrickPaperback copy, won… Continue reading...
Posted in Mailbox Monday, Robin Maxwell, Sheramy Bundrick
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The Sunday Salon: Back into the Swing of Things and A Couple More Blog Awards!
I’ve received a few comments/e-mails asking about my lack of reviews lately. When I first started my blog I was posting about one review per week, and my reviews have slowed noticeably since then. I’ve finally come up with a system that will keep me on track and get me back into the swing of things, and being the organizational-freak that I am, I am… Continue reading...
Posted in Blog Awards, The Sunday Salon
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Cover Art Alert! C.W Gortner’s The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
You saw it here first! The cover art for C.W. Gortner’s next novel, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici (which releases 5/25/10):
Can we say, “FABULOUS?!” I just love the contrast! And the colors are actually much more vivid in the file I have saved to my computer, for some reason they’re appearing dulled down here in this image. I think this is a perfect cover for… Continue reading...
Posted in Book News, C.W. Gortner, Catherine de' Medici, Cover Art
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Review | A Land Beyond Ravens by Kathleen Cunningham Guler
Read a synopsis of A Land Beyond Ravens here.Review
A Land Beyond Ravensby Kathleen Cunningham GulerThis book was neither here nor there for me. It took me a while to get into the story; the first 150 pages or so seemed to really drag on. But once I got a feel for the author’s writing style, the characters’ personalities and their back stories… Continue reading...
Calling All Plaidy People!
Two of my blog buddies and fellow HF Blogger Roundtablers, Lucy of Enchanted by Josephine and Arleigh of Historical-Fiction.com, collaborate on an excellent blog called Plaidy’s Royal Intrigue. Not only is their site an absolute gold mine for all things Jean Plaidy, but it also doubles as a monthly reading group. Yep, each month they select a Plaidy novel and post discussion… Continue reading...
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Mailbox Monday
Mailbox Monday is a book meme hosted by The Printed Page. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. What books came into your home this week?I haven’t done a Mailbox Monday in a while, so not all of these came this past week. This morning, however, I awoke to a delicious surprise package on my doorstep; all four… Continue reading...
The Sunday Salon: Back to Tudor England With A Booker Prize Winner!
Today I’ve been reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. I gave up reading novels of Tudor England for a while, not because I don’t love them (I do!), but just because the subject was starting to get a bit played out for me. I started my dive into historical fiction by reading every novel I could find on the Tudors, so I decided to give… Continue reading...