Get Lost in Literature

Book Beginnings on Fridays by Rose City Reader - Share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now. "The only impartial witness was the sun." The Wager by David Grann It's summer and the mere mention of the word 'sun' sent me overboard (pun intended). I could picture clearly in my eye, the sun shining in a flawless sky. Now the sky in this book is rarely flawless but I didn't know that at the time I read the first sentence...and so I kept on reading. Book Blogger Hop Q:   Has your perspective on reading changed as you've grown older? If so, has it affected how you write your reviews?  ( submitted by Billy @  Coffee Addicted Writer ) Yes, my perspective has changed a little. I have always read for fun and will continue to do so, so don't get me wrong, but when I was in college, I took a ton of literature courses,...

Today's Top Ten Tuesday  (hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl ) was listed as Top Ten Freebie/Throwback , where you get to pick your own subject. Today I'm covering the Top Ten Author's I've Read: First Book, Last Book, and Favorite Book. This is a prompt I saw on (and stole with permission) Louise @ Foxes and Fairytales blog, who borrowed it from A Book Fiend Named Mel who was inspired by ChelseaZhao . The concept of this list is to pick authors you've read multiple books by, and say what was the first book you read, the last one you read, and your favorite by that author. 1. John Ajivde Lindqvist      First: Let the Right One In      Last: I Am Behind You      Favorite: Let the Right One In 2. JK Rowling      First: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone      Last: The Running Grave      Favorite: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 3. Edgar Allan Poe      First: The Cask of Am...

I won't be posting anything, or responding to comments, the 22nd-29th. I will be on vacation and hope to be lounging on a beach. I hope you all have a great week and I'll see you soon. glitter-graphics.com

  Today's Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl , is Books On My Summer 2025 To-Read List. I didn't have to work hard this week to find titles, I conveniently keep a list of my reading materials on my 'Upcoming Reviews' tab. Pay no attention to my 'Currently Reading' tab... It's not that accurate. Justify: 111 Days to Triple Crown Glory by Lenny Shulman Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 1984 by George Orwell Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Book of Night by Holly Black The Brides of Maracoor by Gregory Maguire Kiss the Girls by James Patterson I promised myself not to acquire any more books, new or library, until these are read. Have you heard of or read any of these? What did you think of them?

  The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann "Storms continued to batter the ships day and night. John Byron stared in awe at the waves that broke over the Wager , bandying the 123-foot vessel about as if it were no more than a pitiful rowboat." Today's review is going to be a short one about The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann . I feel like the book really needs no long-winded synopsis written from me as the author so painstakingly put it in the title with just three words. But in case you need more information, here goes: In 1740, a small fleet of English ships set sail for a secret mission meant to foil the war plans of the Spanish. This mission takes them around the treacherous Cape Horn where disaster strikes one of the ships, the Wager . Eventually stranded on a foreign shore, Captain Cheap is desperate to fulfill his orders and rejoin the fight; his crew, focused on survival, want to turn back. I don't read a ...

"The dream itself had faded a little now, but it had been a memory as much as a nightmare. Me as a child, walking toward the doorway to the small kitchen of the house I had grown up in." After the death of his wife, Tom Kennedy and his son Jake move to the small town of Featherbank. They're looking for a fresh start, but it soon becomes clear they won't find it. The locals call their new home "the scary house" and Jake's imaginary friends are becoming increasingly disturbing. A child goes missing, and as police race to find the boy they discover the clues point to someone who is already in prison. The first thing that stood out to me was that we're given a collection of imperfect characters all trying to overcome some sort of loss. There's Tom who's coping with his grief by writing about his wife, and as much as he loved her, some of what he writes isn't always pleasant. His son Jake is inventing imaginary friends and getting in trouble a...