2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 164 books toward her goal of 365 books.
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Book Review: The Darlings

Happy Book Review Tuesday everyone! We’ve got a bit of contemporary fiction today, for your review-reading pleasure. My review copy of The Darlings was provided courtesy of LuxuryReading.com, which also hosted the original (shorter) post of this book review on April 17, 2012 (available here).

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The Darlings

Everybody seems to like learning about the […]

A Memorial Day Tribute, Jill-Elizabeth Style

Today is a busy day, a busy day indeed. First, there’s the memorializing (in honor of the day), then there’s The Godson’s birthday party (Happy Birthday Jimmy!!), then there’s (hopefully) some much-needed R&R. So this is going to be a very short post, because I have places to go and things to do. But I […]

Guest Post: Turning on the Light Bulb, by Andre Alan (Pt. 1 of 2)

Today I’m pleased to bring you the first of a two-part guest post courtesy of author Andre Alan. In today’s piece, Andre talks about writing and the inspiration for his sci-fi/fantasy novel Heaven’s Fate (coming soon – hardcover and Ebook available everywhere on June 26, 2012!). Next Thursday, be sure to check out the excerpt […]

Book Review: Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer

Happy Book Review Tuesday! Today we are traveling to an alterna-future, YA style. My review copy of Night of the Purple Moonwas graciously provided by the author, Scott Cramer.

The purple moon is a fabulous construct – and one I had to google to determine whether or not it did, in fact, exist (it appears […]

The Importance of Shiny Things

The Husband is constantly accusing me of being too easily distracted by shiny things. You know, those things that catch your eye and pull you away from the conversation or task at hand. I admit – I am highly susceptible to distractions. Highly. Susceptible. I have conversations that must be nearly impossible to follow if […]