#185 ~ Hedge Fund Wives

Hedge Fund Wives by Tatiana Boncompagni Hedge Fund Wives, Tatiana Boncompagni’s second novel, tells the story of Marcy Emerson, a midwestern girl who moves to New York City with her husband as he begins his career in hedge funds.  Although Chicago is anything but a small town, but she is not prepared for the cut [...]

Dog Days of Summer Sign Up and Button

With great thanks to Sheri at A Novel Menagerie, The Literate Housewife’s Dog Days of Summer theme week has a brand!  Doesn’t our bassett hound in front of the fan speak volumes about the hottest days of summer, those days that leave you begging for fall?  Well, if we can’t make things cooler, we can [...]

Vacation Reading 2009

Today we’re getting ready for our vacation to Michigan.  We can’t wait to see our family and it’s been a while since I’ve been home.  When I’m there, I’m looking forward to spending time with friends, family – especially my nieces Carly (9 months) and Lawson (3 weeks).  I can’t wait to give them hugs [...]

#184 ~ The Angel’s Game

The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón As a lover of Gothic fiction, I was over the moon to have been selected to snag a copy of The Angel’s Game from LibraryThing‘s Early Reviewers program.  I was far from disappointed.  Despite a vague sense that the novel was long, I loved the story and quickly [...]

What I Need Right Now…

Is a good Tudor novel! Yes, I’m still in a bit of the duldrums when it comes to bloggin and reading lately.  Work has continued to be intense and busy.  Thankfully, the family and I leave for Michigan Saturday morning and I’m off on Friday.  Relief, sweet relief, is just a few short days away. [...]

#183 ~ Two Brothers: One North, One South

Two Brothers: One North, One South by David H. Jones Walt Whitman has a calling, not only as a poet but as someone to do what he can to ease the pain of the injured and dying soldiers from the American Civil War.  Although a native of New York, Whitman does not let a soldier’s [...]

Want to Walk the Red Carpet?

Have you seen the contest Donna Woolfolk Cross, the author of Pope Joan, has running through the end of the month?  She’s offering a chance to walk down the red carpet with her for the US premier of the cinematic adaptation of her novel!  I received an email from the author yesterday and I am [...]

#182 ~ The Goodbye Cousins

The Goodbye Cousins by Maggie Leffler Di, short for Diotima, was born in Pittsburgh.  After her parent’s divorce and her father’s remarriage when she was eleven, her psychic mother kidnapped her and took her to Europe.  There, she was constantly on the move. Her mother loved her, but she moved around a lot and never [...]

2009 National Book Festival Authors Announced!!!

Through Facebook, I noticed that the authors for the 2009 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. have been announced.  Thank God I was sitting down when I read it!  Click here for the link to the site which contains the entire list.  The following are the ones I’m absolutely thrilled and excited about: TEENS & [...]

#181 ~ Last Light over Carolina ~ Review and Blog Tour

Last Light over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe Life is hard in McClellanville, South Carolina.  It was built on shrimping, a difficult and demanding industry that had once been good.  With the easy access to foreign shrimp and the decreasing catches over time, more and more people are leaving McClellanville behind.  Carolina and Bud Morrison [...]