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Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Sunday Salon: Happy Belated Thanksgiving!
Just a quick note to let you all know that despite not posting in the past 18 days, I am still here! It’s been a very busy month for me personally (as I’m sure it has been for everyone else – holiday madness and all!), which has been compounded by the fact that I’ve been sick for what feels like… Continue reading...
Posted in Holidays, The Sunday Salon
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Alcott and March | A Guest Post by Harriet Reisen + Giveaway
Gentle Readers:
Asked to compare Louisa May Alcott’s fictional sisters to her real four, I find that they are inextricable in my mind, as I suspect they were in Louisa’s. That she found it impossible to write of Amy March after the death of May Alcott suggests that to me. I find the beginning of Jo’s Boys almost unbearably touching for its image of Amy March in heaven… Continue reading...
Posted in 19th Century, America, Giveaways, Guest Post, Louisa May Alcott
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Review | Dark Moon of Avalon by Anna Elliott
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Touchstone
Release Date: September 14th, 2010
Source: I received a review copy from the publisher.
I couldn’t help but feel that this book was overrated. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t dislike this book… Continue reading...
Giveaway: The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig plus holiday ornament! (two winners)
Synopsis from the publisher: Arabella Dempsey’s dear friend Jane Austen warned her against teaching. But Miss Climpson’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies seems the perfect place for Arabella to claim her independence while keeping an eye on her younger sisters nearby. Just before Christmas, she accepts a position at the quiet girls’ school in Bath
Posted in Giveaways, Holidays, Lauren Willig
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Author Interview | Lauren Willig
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Lauren a couple of times through mutual friend Leslie Carroll at a monthly reading series we all attend called The Lady Jane’s Salon. At one such event, Lauren did a reading from one of her novels, and even my boyfriend (who came with me to this mostly-all-female event to see Leslie speak, but… Continue reading...
Posted in 18th Century, Author Interviews, Lauren Willig, Series
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Harrowing Historical Field Trip: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Today wraps up Harrowing Historicals: A Month-Long Celebration of All Hallows Eve, however, Nicole and I have decided to keep Harrowing Historicals going throughout the year! It was a fun challenge tracking down a variety of historical fiction (mixed with a bit of nonfiction) Halloween reads, and there are so many more to highlight in addition to those discussed… Continue reading...