Spain

#207 ~ The Return

22 Oct By Jennifer 15 Comments

The Return by Victoria Hislop Today it is my great pleasure to be Victoria Hislop’s host on her TLC Book Tour for her novel, The Return. I have enjoyed the reviews I’ve read along the way. Please see the end of my review for a list of the blogs who are on this tour with me. [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, Historical Fiction Tagged With: bullfighting, Civil War, Federico García Lorca, flamenco dancing, flamenco guitar, Francisco Franco, Granada, Spain, Spanish Civil War, TLC Book Tour, Victoria Hislop

#200 ~ The Shadow of the Wind

17 Sep By Jennifer 16 Comments

The BBAW theme for today is highlighting a book that you have read based upon the recommendation of a book blog. As it so happens, one of my favorite books of the summer came highly recommended from all over the book blogging community. Conversations with various people on Twitter prompted me to buy the book, [...]

Filed Under: Book Blogger Appreciation Week, book review, fiction, Gothic Fiction, male author Tagged With: Barcelona, BBAW Daily Topic, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Cemetery of Forgotten Books, Shadow of the Wind, Spain, The Angel's Game

#98 ~ The Last Queen

4 Sep By Literate Housewife 18 Comments

The Last Queen: A Novel by C.W. Gortner I am pleased to publish this review as one of the stops on C.W. Gortner’s Virtual Book Tour! The Last Queen tells the story of middle child of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, Juana. She watched her parents take back the country of Spain from the Moors [...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: C. W. Gortner, Juana La Loca, Katherine of Aragon, King Ferdinand, mental illness, Pump Up Your Book Promotions, Queen Isabella, Spain, The Last Queen, The Last Queen book trailer, virtual book tour

#62 ~ The Forgery of Venus

23 Mar By Literate Housewife 1 Comment

The Forgery of Venus: A Novel by Michael Gruber What would it be like to live a life in which you cannot trust your memory or your senses to tell you what is true or even who you are? Charles “Chaz” Wilmot lives that nightmare in The Forgery of Venus, the latest novel by Michael [...]

Filed Under: Books, Brain Food for Thought, Culture, Free, Historical Fiction, LibraryThing, Reading Tagged With: 9/11, art, art forgery, commercial artist, creativity, drugs, forgery, Forgery of Venus, life of an artist, memory, mental illness, Michael Gruber, salvinorin, Spain, The Forgery of Venus, Tracy Chevalier, Velazquez

#21 ~ The Constant Princess

5 May By Literate Housewife 5 Comments

The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory After reading both of her Boleyn books, I was very excited to read this book about Katherine of Aragon, even though it was out of chronological order so to speak. She was such a wonderful character seen through the eyes of Mary Boleyn. This book was good and provided [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction, Historical Fiction Tagged With: Arthur Tudor, Catherine of Aragon, England, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon, London, Mary Boleyn, Philippa Gregory, Religion, self-righteousness, Spain, The Constant Princess