So… you might have noticed my absolute missingness over the last several months. Yes, missingness is now officially a word. Didn’t you get the memo from Scott? No? Here you go. Anyway, if the blog has been a little sparse of late, that’s because I’ve been uh…er…sailing around the world to raise money for starving elephants. Wait.… [Read more…]
The Mountains Bow Down by Sibella Giorello Review & Blog Tour {+ Cruise Giveaway} Today we are pleased to be a part of the Blog Tour for Sibella Giorello’s latest Raleigh Harmon mystery, The Mountains Bow Down. We’ve got a review of course, but we’ve also got some other tour goodies and details on Sibella’s… [Read more…]
Thanks to everyone who entered our Crafty Chica Novel Prizepack Giveaway. The winners are: Mommy_to_7 & MonaG The winners have been notified and the books are on the way from the publisher. (Thanks again to Hachette and Grand Central Publishing for sponsoring this contest.) But, wait… that’s not all…we also had a 3rd winner! Marjorie… [Read more…]
Books That Followed Me Home This Week {March 14-21, 2011}: So, it’s been a while since I’ve done any show and tell of what’s been coming into my place on the book front. Not because I’ve stopped letting books in or anything like that (gasp!), (no matter how happy this would make my poor dad),… [Read more…]
Ok, it’s been a while since I’ve just mindlessly lost myself in coverlust. So, what I choose to consider my highly developed sense of aesthetics (and NOT my shallow book-snobbery) is begging to come out to play. I know it’s hardly spring here in the northern hemi but autumn is in full swing for my… [Read more…]
Review: Letters from Home by Kristina McMorris Chicago, 1944. Liz Stephens has little interest in attending a USO club dance with her friends Betty and Julia. She doesn’t need a flirtation with a lonely serviceman when she’s set to marry her childhood sweetheart. Yet something happens the moment Liz glimpses Morgan McClain. They share only… [Read more…]
Today we are excited to be a part of the blog tour for Kathy Cano-Murillo’s latest creation: Miss Scarlet’s School of Patternless Sewing. You can check out our review of her latest novel here. Kathy also wanted to take a moment to chime in on our new series, This is Why I Read. As a regular feature… [Read more…]
Review: Miss Scarlet’s School of Patternless Sewing by Kathy Cano-Murillo To raise money for her move to New York, Scarlet Santana opens an after-hours sewing school in a local record shop. As classmates become friends, and Scarlet moves from teacher to pupil, everyone will learn that there is no single pattern for a good life.… [Read more…]
Review: The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa “My Name Is Meghan Chase. In less than twenty-four hours, I’ll be seventeen. Deja vu, right? Shocking how quickly time can pass you by like you’re standing still. I can’t believe it’s been a year since that day. The day I went into Faery. The day that changed… [Read more…]
Review: The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card “Danny North grew up surrounded by fairies, ghosts, talking animals, living stones, walking trees, and gods who called up wind and brought down rain, made fire from air and drew iron out of the depths of the earth as easily as ordinary people might draw up water… [Read more…]
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for this quick announcement: Guess What? On Thursday Jonesy and I were featured in Better Know a Blogger over at For What It’s Worth as part of the fun of February and the Ultimate Reviewer’s Challenge. Thanks to Karen for the interview. We know you are curious to know… [Read more…]
Interview: Lisa & Laura Roecker, Authors of The Liar Society Today we are thrilled to have the writing duo of Lisa & Laura Roecker, whose debut novel The Liar Society hits stores March 1st. The Roecker sisters were kind enough to answer our decidedly hard-hitting journalistic interview questions, for which we kinda have a girl-crush… [Read more…]
Congratulations to the Winners in our Valentine’s Day {Books With Love} Hop Giveaway! After a few hours hunched over a spreadsheet and the latent realization that a GOOGLE form might have been a better option, we are excited to announce the winners of our first ever giveaway here at Aurelia {Lit}! Thank you to everyone… [Read more…]
Review: Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton “I held both of my arms out and willed weapons into my open palms. The twin Khopesh swords appeared out of nothing in a flash of shimmering light. The curving silver blades glinted brightly. I glanced over at Will. I could now see intricate black tattoos twisting out from… [Read more…]
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September 19, 2011
by Bex
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