Suddenly Sunday is hosted by Svea at A Muse in the Fog.Hope everyone has had a fabulous weekend. It is still frigid here in Michigan so once again I stayed indoors all weekend. Unfortunately, due to some work related turmoil, I didn't get any reviews posted for this week. I did get some reading done though so coming up this week are reviews for:
- Here be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
- The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
This weekend I took the time to reorganize and weed through my bookshelves. That took me the better part of yesterday evening. I also hit the sale section of the library, the used bookstore in another library and 1 Goodwill and had some fantastic finds. I have come to realize I love the thrill of the "hunt" as much as I like the reading.
Also wanted to mention that there are a ton of great giveaways going on around the blogosphere. Here are a the ones I've seen in case anyone is interested:
Giveaway of a Dear America Diary Set @ The Maidens Court (ends 2/9)
Follower Giveaway of The Loves of Charles II by Jean Plaidy @ Passages to the Past (ends 2/9)
Giveway of the Tudor Secret by C.W. Gortner @ Passages to the Past (ends 2/5)
Giveaway of To Serve a King by Donna Russo Morin @ Passages to the Past (ends 2/5)
Giveaway of By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan @ All Things Historical Fiction (ends 2/5)
Giveaway of The Arrow Chest by Robert Parry @ All Things Historical Fiction (ends 2/10)
Giveway of The Princess of Nowhere by Prince Lorenzo Borghese @ Muse in the Fog (ends 2/20)
Up for Grabs at Goodreads:
Instruments of Darkness by Imogen Robertson (ends 2/9)
Elizabeth I by Margaret George (ends 2/25)
All the Queen's Players by Jane Feather (ends 2/28)
Crestmont by Holly Weiss (ends 2/22)
Bloodroot by Amy Greene (ends 1/31)
Parrot & Olivier in America by Peter Carey (ends 1/31)
The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas (end 2/20)
The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel (ends 1/31)
So many great books... so little time!
I will be looking forward to your review of Here Be Dragons! I have heard great things about it and just purchased a copy a few days ago.
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Have a wonderful week!
Here be Dragons is such a great book! Will be interested to hear what you think of City of Dreams. I have read the series and like some of them a lot, others not so much!
ReplyDeleteInterested to see a giveaway of Land of Painted Caves in your list. I was kind of expecting that there wouldn't be giveaways/ARCs before the release date given that it should be such a huge release naturally!
Svea-Everyone at PBS has been telling me for ages that I must read Sharon Kay Penman. Wish I would have listened to them sooner!
ReplyDeleteMarg-I was surprised to see it offered too. I saw they were offering review copies on shelf awareness last week but when I went back to look I couldn't find where I saw it anymore :(