2024 Reading Challenge

2024 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 1 book toward her goal of 285 books.
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2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 5 books toward her goal of 265 books.
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Not-Quite-A-Review (Since I’m Still Reading It): The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King

Oh my goodness – I’m LOVING this one… I’m a huge fan of the Sherlock Holmes concept – and I say concept because it’s not just about the actual stories for me, although I really enjoy those (even the totally random bits, like the Mormon stuff in A Study in Scarlet), but also about the […]

So I’ve been Slacking Off… (Oh Yeah, and a Bit on Fellside by M.R. Carey)

As you may have noticed. Or maybe not, teehee. Regardless, I have not been writing very long posts lately. I’m sorry for it, if you miss them; if not, well, you’re welcome.m But it’s the end of summer and we are getting read for family vacation (two adults, two adult-sized teenagers, one fun-sized toddler on […]

Quote for the Day…

I finished Heidi Heilig’s fantastical The Girl from Everywhere recently, and thought this one was a keeper – if you haven’t seen it, look it up, it’s the first in a very promising (I think) new series… Happy reading!

“Why hold off the inevitable?”

“Why, for the sake of the ephemeral, Miss Song,” he said. […]

Book Review: A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

I received a complimentary review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This was a book I requested, rather than an unsolicited review; this is atypical for me, but one of the coolest things about doing regular reviews because it meant I got to read the book before its January 2017 release […]

Book Review: Sunborn Rising by Aaron Safronoff

This is going to be a little different than my usual reviews, largely because Sunborn Rising is a book I did not finish… Generally speaking, if I can’t get into the book enough to keep reading, I decline to review it. I am contacted by surprising number of authors and publishers and publicists; most of […]