sharing my love for books
This is the sequel to Harmony of Fire by Brian Feehan (aka Christine Feehan’s son), and once again, I was not disappointed.
You can definitely tell that he gets his style and talent from his mother.
I won’t go into details because I have to leave something to make you want to go pick up both books.
I will say that I am of no surprise and that if you love his mother’s work, then you will surely love him.
The first thing that caught my attention was the cover. Very beautiful cover, in my opinion. The next thing that got me was the title. Being a huge Austen fan myself, I was curious as to what the story was about, so I got it at this nice used book store (https://www.prettygoodbooks.net/) and If anyone wants to check the place out I definitely recommend it. Their Harry Potter section was under the stairs, totally appropriate, lol!
The more I read the book, the more I fell in love with it. If you’ve read any of Austen’s books, then you’ll understand when I say the pacing and the flow of the story, plus the characters are almost like they were written by Jane Austen herself. It was just too perfect. I think the author,herself, is a fan of Jane Austen, too.
I do hope you will get this book and read it for yourself. I also suggest reading all six of Austen’s books before reading this one because they do discuss them in great detail. I have yet to read Northanger Abbey or Mansfield Park, and that’s a shame. I will definitely be picking those two up after reading this book.
Happy Reading 📚
Hello, one and all!
I am curious about something. How many of you actually like reading classics? How many read it because of school or college? How many read it just for fun?
Personally, I enjoy classics either way. Especially Jane Austen. Although I haven’t read Northanger Abbey or Mansfield Park yet. I’m looking for very specific editions of those two. That is only because the other editions I have are Canterbury classics wordcloud editions. If you have not seen those, I highly suggest you go look them up.
My current read is a book that mentions a lot of Jane Austen in it.
It makes me want to reread her books. I love the way they discuss her books. The setting is in a small town where she’s from, which is pretty cool. As of right now, I haven’t finished this book yet, but I’ll give a review once I’m finished.
This ALWAYS happened to me! Every single time, I would get in trouble, and my parents and even my teachers would always take my books from me. I used to get in trouble for reading in class as well. There were times when I had already finished the class book and then started reading my own that I always had. Thankfully, though, my teachers weren’t assholes and they let me continue reading when they’ve realized that I finished the required class stuff. Benefits of growing up in a small town school!
Like this post, if you can relate to this problem and feel free to tell me what is the weirdest spot you’ve wanted to pull your book out and read it.
Have you ever been excited to reread a series due to forgetting ( or at least you think you forgot) key details?
Only to find yourself going a sort of slumpish, weird feeling when you pick up your book. When reading, you either start to remember or you just want to move on already. It’s almost like it’s taking too long to finish current reads.
For me, I would read a book or two in a day, two days max. I would beg my parents for new books because I go through the ones I already own so quickly. Now, it feels the opposite.
I feel like either I or my husband buy the books too much and don’t read them quickly enough. I want all the new books by my auto-buy authors, but at the same time, I want to do a little rereading and sometimes catching up on the ones sitting in a stack just waiting patiently to be read.
I am afraid that if I don’t get the new books, I’ll never find them or I won’t be able to find the editions I saw and liked. Like Canterbury Classics, they have some beautiful wordcloud editions of several classics I would love to own. In fact, I’m only missing Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey in those editions to have all of Jane Austen’s books. Anyways…
I also am a subscriber to Book Of The Month ( if you aren’t a member, I highly recommend you to be) and have severely fallen behind on reading them. Why, for my March box, I bought three books that I haven’t even touched yet. (I mentioned them in my last post if you’re curious)
I have noticed that now my husband has started reading more and buying more books. It’s funny because when we met, he was not much of a reader. He would always say that books are a waste of time, but now he has found some on his favorite topics and even some by his favorite YouTubers.
He is the perfect example of there is a book out there for everyone. No matter their preferences.
In your opinion, would a book buying ban do me any good? Let me know in the comments.
There is nothing more exciting than getting new books in the mail. I don’t know about any of you, but it is my favorite book mail next to getting Christmas and birthday cards from family.
For my March book of the month, I opted to get three since I had skipped January and had missed my February month. I am so excited about these books, too. The Frozen River is a historical fiction set in 1789, next book is Shark Heart which is a finalist for book of the year as well as one I’ve seen on a lot if the book YouTube channels I am subscribed to so I thought to try it. Last is about crimes and murders done back in the 1920s to the Osage native american nation and about the birth of the FBI. I have never heard about those crimes, so it has peeked my interest. Once I’ve read them, I will be sure to give a review, so be on the lookout for those posts.
Happy reading 📚
To try to get myself out of the slump, I am attempting to reread two whole series. First series is the Argeneau vampire series. I am starting book four with that one.
My other series reread is the Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs. The tv show that was on Fox called Bones is inspired by this series and I am on the third or fourth book in that series.
And since rewatching one of my all-time favorite movies on Netflix, I am going to reread that book as well.
The movie is just called fried green tomatoes, but it is an amazing movie. The book is too.
Let me know what you’re all reading.
I didn’t realize it has been so long since my last post! Here, it is nearly the end of the month, and I have not posted anything since the 12th.
Sadly, I don’t have much to say on this post since I’ve not been reading all that much except for rereading two series of mine and am reading Girl in the blue coat by Monica Hesse.
It’s pretty good so far. That’s not what I was expecting at all, really. I am hoping that it will bring me out of my slump that I’m in.
I have been following Hailey in Bookland’s lead and want to get into some self-help books also. If anyone has any recommendations, leave a comment!
This I find sort of funny because when my husband and I first got together, he would make fun of my wanting to read all the time. He just couldn’t see how I would want to read over playing games (some anyways), and he would beg me to play COD (call of duty) with him a lot or some football game.
Jump to now, and here we are, thirteen years into our marriage, and he now actually wants to read books. Granted, they are mostly nonfiction and are survival stuff, but the point is that he now wants to sit and read. He will spend a few hours wanting to read a book, especially if he likes it.
Our reading styles are vastly different, and we are both picky about letting the other read a book that the other has.
My reading habits are: 1. Loves having music playing when I read, 2. Can sit in the living room with his game going and kids playing and still read my book, 3. Love to read outside 4. Will sit anywhere and read.
His reading habits are: 1. Sits in the same room 2. Hates are around others since they act the way they did. 3. Claims that everyone bothers him too much to let him read in peace. 4. He does not want anyone else to read when I can not do so.
I can relate to this book on a lot of things. The first is the main family’s last name. (Allbright) that was how my ancestors spelled the name when they first came to the U.S from Germany (Albrecht to Allbright) then after a time the name started showing up as spelled with one L instead of two. (Albright), which is how I spelled my name until I married at nineteen.
The father of the main character, having spent time in the military, in the Vietnam War is another relation. My grandfather was there too. Now, he was never abusive as far as I know, but he has been gone from this world since 2018. I miss him like crazy.
The description of Alaska makes me want to pack my things and go there. It all sounds so beautiful.
Needless to say, Kristin Hannah won yet again with this book. So far from my backlist reading of her books, I have found only one to be disappointing.
Let me know your thoughts on this book. I’m curious to know.
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