My Review Christodora contains all of the elements you'd expect to find in an epic novel. There's 40 years worth of history, tragedy, triumph, and human drama. Surprisingly, it's well laid out in only 428 pages. I mention this because I can only imagine the difficulty in finding the balance between providing enough context and detail without adding unnecessary length. This novel essentially ...
Review of Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker
My Review I was really looking forward to this book, based not only on the description, but the outstanding reviews; many of which came from trusted fellow bloggers and Goodreads friends. I'm always a little insecure when my opinion is so different but I suppose it's bound to happen now and then. After all, we can't be expected to agree on every book, right?? Tall Oakes started out well ...
Weekly Wrap-up 12/18/2017
On the Blog Reviews This week was light (too light considering my backlog) on reviews. I posted only one. I really enjoyed this book and gave it 4 1/2 stars. Review of Unspeakable by Chris Hedges Other Bookish Posts Top Ten Tuesday This week's Top Ten Tuesday was all about the Top Ten Books I'm looking forward to in 2017. There are so many amazing books coming out this year! It was ...
Review of Unspeakable by Chris Hedges
My Review Unspeakable by Chris Hedges is the first book in the "Unspeakable" series by Hot Books/Skyhorse Publishing. The series will provide a platform for writers, thinkers, and activists who have been marginalized, criticized, and otherwise silenced by the powerful mainstream media. Hedges has an extensive, impressive, and credible resumé as a journalist. He's the son of a Presbyterian ...
Top Ten Tuesday – The First Half of 2017
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is... Top Ten Books I'm Looking Forward To For The First Half Of 2017 This week's top ten is an easy one as there are so many awesome book in my TBR. You'll also find a few of these in my 2017 Mount TBR Challenge Post. Here they are, in no particular order: The Bear and the Nightingale by ...
December Giveaway – $100 Amazon Gift Card
December Giveaway It's been just over a month since Lit.Wit.Wine.Dine debuted its new design! I'm celebrating by thanking one lucky subscriber with a $100 Amazon gift card. (I'm also celebrating the fact that I think I have figured out how to use Rafflecopter. You all know how technical I am...) Because this giveaway is a bit of a biggie, I'm requiring that the winner be a subscriber. If you ...
2017 Mount TBR Challenge
Like many book bloggers, I have a love-hate relationship with my TBR pile. When I hear about a book I want to read, I get all excited and immediately add at it to the TBR. It doesn't really matter if it's an ARC or a back-listed title. It could be a debut or the latest release of a beloved author. It could be a novella or contain over 1000 pages. If I even think I might want to read it, into the ...
Review of “Behind Closed Doors” by B.A. Paris
My Review Isn't Grace the luckiest woman alive? She's beautiful and married to Jack, a handsome and successful attorney. She lives in her dream home; Jack's wedding gift to her. He dotes on her. They are never apart. And he just loves her sister, Millie. He's even insisted that Millie, who has Down's Syndrome, move in with them as she ages out of the residential school she attends. Sound's ...
Review of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
My Review "Some years later, the Count would come to understand that he had been looking at the matter upside down. The pace of evolution was not something to be frightened by. For while nature doesn't have a stake in whether the wings of a peppered moth are black or white, it genuinely hopes that the peppered moth will persist." A Gentleman in Moscow is the story of Count Alexander Ilyich ...
Review of “Inherit the Bones” by Emily Littlejohn
"...I've always thought there are currents running through our world and our lives, threads if you will, that touch and connect all things. Events, years after they've happened, leave faint fingerprints that linger and change the surface of places over time." A murdered clown. An unknown murder weapon. A surprise ID. A pregnant lead investigator. Her partner with questionable professional ethics. ...
