Staircase Wit

I am usually wary of books everyone promises I will love but when my friend Susan told me to read This Book Made Me Think of You, I immediately put it on hold at the library, somewhat surprised at how many people were ahead of me, and finally read it this…

If one has to be an orphan, it is helpful to be an heiress, however modest, and be reasonably attractive.

It’s time for #6degrees, inspired by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best.

I became a huge fan of Louise Penny, not after reading book 1, Still Life, in her Three Pines series but while listening to book 2, A Fatal Grace, as I drove home from Quebec in 2019.

“Dual timeline” novels are quite popular these days, but The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton adds another twist.

It’s been six years since I visited Lane Winslow and her neighbors in King’s Cove, British Columbia, where she settled after WWII, hoping to find a peaceful place to rebuild her life.

My favorite books in July were A Wartime Marriage - also published as Escape from Bucharest, a better title because the book is more of an adventure than a historical romance, and The Wednesday Wars by Gary S.

Tracy Chevalier is best known for her book about Vermeer, Girl with the Pearl Earring, but her skill - whether writing about a 17th century Dutch servant or a Quaker newly arrived in pre-Civil War America - is her ability to transport the reader to that e…

Iris longs to be a reporter, and she got a job at a well-regarded newspaper and has a nice apartment in Knightsbridge but is stuck sketching hats and writing meaningless columns – far from serious journalism.

The main event of my trip was Regina and Sam’s wedding at the Virginia Park Lodge in County Cavan.

Caroline Lash, a native Manhattanite who works in publishing, is burnt out at 28 and eager to get away from the shadow of her prima donna mother, a bestselling author.

The Artsy Reader Girl's assignment topic for August 11th is the books we were reading on this day over the last ten years.

I was determined to visit Galway, which is described as Ireland’s “bohemian cultural heart, famous for its vibrant street music, medieval history, and lively pub scene,” and because the Galway races take place during the last week in July, I chose to go t…

The Rúin is a dark, suspenseful debut set in Galway, first in a series.

On Monday, we took an 8 am bus to Cork, the second-largest city in the Republic of Ireland (my cousin Sabrina had given us good advice about a bus stop closer to our B&B but I didn’t relax until the bus actually stopped and let us buy tickets on board)(ev…

It’s time for #6degrees, inspired by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best.

A quick look at some of the highlights of my trip to Ireland, beginning in Waterford – several of us were invited to the wedding of our friends, Duncan (who I met when I was 5 - very Betsy-Tacyish) and Marlene’s daughter, Regina, in County Cavan.

Suzette operates a street cart selling crêpes all over Paris.

Spell the Month in Books is hosted by Reviews from the Stacks and usually occurs on a Saturday.

Eve Travis has always admired Jeff Kilburn and is worried that his heart is broken when her cousin Moya dumps him for a British peer.

Captain Harry Phillips, a British officer, is a prisoner of war in a German-controlled hospital in Romania.

Kendal Carter is at a playground on the outskirts of Zurich with her four-year-old, Rosie, when she notices two men in suits lurking nearby who appear very out of place.

I made good progress on my 20 Books of Summer in June: eight read and reviewed, and I am in the middle of the ninth.

April in Paris, and a sprinkle of rain, a sudden whip of cool breeze, a greying sky to end the bright promise of the evening.

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.