This is the fifth and final book in the Hellions of Halstead Hall series, and it’s the story of Celia Sharpe who is the last member of her family to be wed. As per her grandmother’s edict, Celia and her siblings were to be married in order to gain their inheritance and she is the last holdout. Their parents had died rather mysteriously years earlier, and Celia had become a hoyden who preferred riding and hunting with her brothers than any more feminine pursuits. However, […]
Are you happy with your life?
Jason Dessen is living a good life. He has a decent job, a wife he loves, and a son in a little brownstone in Chicago. Sure there’s choices that he made in the past, choices that he wonders about, but for the most part he is happy. “As long as I’m with you, I know exactly who I am.” One day, coming home from a bar he’s almost hit by a car. And then he’s kidnapped. He doesn’t know why or where, he’s knocked out […]
Book Mail is the Best Mail!
Many thanks to Junior Cannonballer Loubear for this amazing selection of books! I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump lately, but these all sound amazing and I can’t wait to read and review them in 2018. Happy Holidays!
A useful little guide
This book arose from a letter to a friend. The friend had asked Adichie how to raise a feminist daughter and this book is Adichie’s answer. As books go it is fairly short, but I suppose that for a letter it is quite long. If you have read Adichie before (and if you haven’t you really should) her voice is strong and flowing in this letter and I enjoyed reading it. I wanted to buy ten copies and just throw them at anybody who’s expecting. […]