TCL’s – #LetsDiscuss2026 #4, #BookBloggerHop #2 – March 6-12 2026 – Who Will Love Them When I’m Gone?

Welcome to another #LetsDiscuss and #BookBloggerHop post. This time the Hop prompt was submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer, asking: What Will Happen to Your Books? Disclaimer: These are my personal opinions. I do not expect anyone to agree with anything here, and in fact, I'm certain that many will disagree and/or even hate … Continue reading TCL’s – #LetsDiscuss2026 #4, #BookBloggerHop #2 – March 6-12 2026 – Who Will Love Them When I’m Gone? →

Minor Austen Women Re-Imagined.

Book Review for “Ladies in Waiting” by Various Authors. Summary: "In honor of her 250th birthday, eight authors have come together with wildly imaginative reboots of the lives of several of Jane Austen’s minor characters. Written with plenty of love and wit, these clever stories star everyone from Pride and Prejudice’s snobbish Caroline Bingley to … Continue reading Minor Austen Women Re-Imagined. →

A TCL #ShortStorySunday post – The Quin-Essential Ending!

Review for the last eight Short Stories in “The Mysterious Mr. Quin” by Agatha Christie. Goodreads Summary: "A conjurer of skill with an instinct for detection, Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it just a trick of light that haunts his … Continue reading A TCL #ShortStorySunday post – The Quin-Essential Ending! →

A TCL #ShortStorySunday post – Also Quin-Essential!

Review for the second two Short Stories in “The Mysterious Mr. Quin” by Agatha Christie. Goodreads Summary: "A conjurer of skill with an instinct for detection, Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it just a trick of light that haunts his … Continue reading A TCL #ShortStorySunday post – Also Quin-Essential! →

TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – #ShortStorySeptember – September 16, 2025.

The topic for my fourth #TTT for 2025 is my own: Short Story Collections! According to Jana's website: "Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love … Continue reading TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – #ShortStorySeptember – September 16, 2025. →

A TCL #ShortStorySunday post – Quin-Essential.

Review for the first two Short Stories in “The Mysterious Mr. Quin” by Agatha Christie. Goodreads Summary: "A conjurer of skill with an instinct for detection, Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it just a trick of light that haunts his … Continue reading A TCL #ShortStorySunday post – Quin-Essential. →

A TCL #ShortStorySunday post – Three Novellas.

Book Review for “The Hebrew Teacher: Three Novellas” by Maya Arad (translated by Jessica Cohen). Summary: "Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises. Ilana is a veteran Hebrew instructor at a Midwestern college who has built her life around her career. When a young Hebrew literature … Continue reading A TCL #ShortStorySunday post – Three Novellas. →

A Sporting Good Time.

Book Review for “The Rabbits” by A. A. Milne. Summary: "The Rabbits, as they call themselves, are Archie Mannering, his sister Myra, Samuel Simpson, Thomas of the Admiralty, Dahlia Blair and the narrator, with occasional guests. Their conversation is almost entirely frivolous, their activity vacillates between immensely energetic and happily lazy, and their social mores … Continue reading A Sporting Good Time. →

With Love From Latvia.

Book Review for “Birthday” by Jana Egle (translated by Uldis Boldis). Summary: "Eight stories, eight women, an emotional multitude. In her short-story collection, Birthday , Jana Egle distinctly straps the male presence into the back seat and lets the female voice ring free. Not to be taken as “a book for women” or “women's literature,” … Continue reading With Love From Latvia. →

TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for February 1, 2025.

From Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos to The First Actress by C.W. Gortner! This is a monthly link-up hosted by KateW at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be … Continue reading TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for February 1, 2025. →