B Reviews / Book ReviewsArtists / dual-timeline / friendship / LGBTQIA characters / middle grade / Rome / time slip / Time-Travel2 Comments
Two unlikely friends—Federico, in sixteenth-century Rome, and Bee, in present-day New Jersey—are linked through an amiable cat, Leonardo Da Vinci’s mysterious wardrobe, and an eerily perfect sketch of Bee. Newbery Honor author Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Da Vinci’s Cat is a thrilling, time-slip fantasy about rewriting history to save the present. ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / Artists / chemistry / England / First-Person / France / Historical / religion4 Comments
In eighteenth century England, porcelain is the most seductive of commodities. In eighteenth century London, porcelain is the most seductive of commodities; fortunes are made and lost upon it. Kings do battle with knights and knaves for possession of the finest pieces and the secrets of their manufacture. For Genevieve ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / Art / art history / Artists / Cat Videos / cats / English-Civil-War / Historical / hotels / non-fiction4 Comments
Catakism by Jeff Lazarus Do you bow to the meow? Are you one of the 70 million people who devote time and income to grooming, feeding, coddling, photographing, praising, and “entertaining” Cats? Does your Facebook page have more photos of your Cat than of your siblings? Do you buy furniture ... more >
Publishing NewsALA / Artists / Banned-Books / book blurbs / book recommendations / genre / Libraries / visual arts1 Comments
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Sept. 27- Oct. 3, 2015 – A piece of clickbait from Slate reminded me yesterday that this week is Banned Books Week. After the few seconds during which I lamented the deterioration of Slate (and Salon – what the ever loving hell happened there?!), I found ... more >
A Reviews / Recommended ReadsArtists / Contemporary / Ireland15 Comments
Dear Ms. Roberts: Your book Irish Thoroughbred began my deep and abiding love of romance. In the mid-90’s, I began buying every single book I could put my hands on that you’d written. My keeper shelves are full of your work. So much so, that it’s difficult for me to ... more >