Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire

It’s time for the Triwizard Tournament! My husband and I continued our journey of Harry Potter and his friends into the fourth installment, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. If you’re not familiar with Harry Potter, this is the one where Hogwarts hosts the Triwizard Tournament, which is where other wizarding schools are invited […]

The Emperor of Ocean Park

I thought I would try a book that was outside my typical genre and point of view. The Emperor of Ocean Park is about familial intrigue, questioning the character of a parent where the relationship was already imperfect, and all the while trying to hold your own personal life together. I don’t normally read political, […]

Nick

I wanted to read something shorter and hop off the series train, so I read Nick. Nick is a prelude to The Great Gatsby, exploring the time Nick Carraway spent toward the end of his tour in France during WWI to when he went to New Orleans to escape the monotony of home, leading up […]

The Wild Rose

One more book to go for this trilogy. The Wild Rose focuses on Seamie, Fiona’s little brother, who isn’t little anymore. Time has passed since [Spoiler] Seamie and Willa have climbed Kilimanjaro, leaving their love shattered… like Willa’s leg. Back in London, time becomes a precious thing. World War I is approaching fast, leaving politics […]

The Tea Rose

I started another series. This time it was only a trilogy. Fiona Finnegan is a stubborn dreamer of a dock worker’s daughter living in London right before turn into 20th century. Fiona may not be living in even middle class terms, but it’s a good life with a loving family and adoring… the author doesn’t […]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Another Harry Potter book completed. My husband and I continue our quest to read the Harry Potter books, finishing The Prisoner of Azkaban. We were pretty proud of ourselves because now that we’ve finished, we’re basically at the halfway mark. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are back at Hogwarts for their third year with a new […]

Children of God go Bowling

I was sifting through my bookcases and wanted to read something different that I had been throwing on the back burner for awhile, which is basically most of my books, which then makes it sound like the books I own have grown dull to me. I mean, maybe. Children of God go Bowling sounded like […]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

My husband and I continue on our “read a book together” quest and have Harry Potter to share with you. In The Chamber of Secrets, Harry goes into his second year at Hogwarts in a flying car with Ron Weasley. Then students with muggle parentage start getting attacked, and the blame begins to fall on […]