The book was long and had many characters, and I am verbose and rambling, so the review (spoiler review by the way) will be in 3 parts…live with it! 🙂 I cannot remember exactly when I started this, I think sometime in January. I read it in phases. I was dragging my mind, not very… Continue reading Middlemarch Review Part I
Clothes Mentor
I love this consignment chain! I went for the first time last week and spent millions…maybe…maybe could’ve.Anyway, here is my haul. I was pleased with the prices and conditions and fiber choices for my fabric snobbery (or snobbobery to use my dad’s version of the word). I don’t look good in capris, so I am… Continue reading Clothes Mentor
The Elite
Yeah, so I totally forgot about this…why you ask? Well, ahem, all my ridiculously adolescent fangirling didn’t end well. I started reading, became impatient, skipped through, was thoroughly disgusted (I know I should have had a clue), and sent both the books back a few days after receiving The Elite. Contemplated this blog post and… Continue reading The Elite
The Selection
Ah me, I love my princess stories. I think I may have mentioned The Selection months ago. I finally bought my own copy and reread it because…..the sequel, The Elite is coming out tomoorrrooow (eeeee!!!!). Of course I preordered it. I thought I would be getting it Thursday, but I got an email today stating that it should… Continue reading The Selection
Black Arrow
Here is a reviewette I wrote months ago.When our church had a bookclub one month Treasure Island was chosen, and I started the novel. I got bored, skipped through the rest, and didn’t wish to finish it. I thought I had better choose a different novel when I went back to attempt Robert Louis Stevenson.… Continue reading Black Arrow
Literary Heroines Blog Party
Miss Kellie from Accordion to Kellie is hosting her annual Literary Heroine Blog Party and Giveaway (here)I think I may have participated last year although I don’t know if I kept that post. Anyway, here are the questions she posted and my answers to said questions. ~ The Questions ~ Introduce yourself! Divulge your life’s… Continue reading Literary Heroines Blog Party
Christmas Part Four
Okay, final Christmas post. Yes, I do know it is February, but I have been rather busier than usual since I have seven classes this semester. After our family Christmas we went to my grandparents…in our pajamas and robes since many of us received new pajamas. … Continue reading Christmas Part Four
Villette
Villette was my final Brontë novel and the first of my Classics Club reads. I will try to write a review without spilling any secrets. Here are the dull basics: the heroine is an English gentlewoman whose fortunes have been so reduced that she must teach in France for a living. Whilst living in France… Continue reading Villette
Sweet Cornbread
I am neither a cook nor a baker, but I want to be able to serve a decent meal. I think that if I master one dish at a time it will be easier to develop a decent set of skills. When I tasted this cornbread at a friend’s, I… Continue reading Sweet Cornbread
Christmas Part Three
I am sorry for the delay; it is rather ludicrous as it is the 5th day of the new year. We celebrate our immediate family Christmas in the morning. My sleep-obsessed sister was not so late this year, so I think we started opening in the eight o’ clock hour. Our living room was a… Continue reading Christmas Part Three
Christmas Part Two
I am afraid that there will be two more Christmas posts. Too bad peoples, I love documenting absolutely everything. I made these “Grinch” cookies for my dad on the 23rd and got my littlest sister to illustrate the sign. I had wanted to have them out waiting on Christmas morning as kids do with cookies for… Continue reading Christmas Part Two
Christmas Season Part One
Okay, my first proper Christmasy post. Last year I could not pull it together to post about Christmas. The first two photos are of my graham cracker house which I made alongside my friends and siblings at our friends house on Tuesday the 18th. Our family made graham cracker houses… Continue reading Christmas Season Part One