“Dreamy” is an appropriate adjective for this wisp of novel. It is misty & poetic, with lovel moments. But it lacked the substance I like to round out my poetry & romance. Loosely based on Pellegrino Turri’s invention of the typewriter – very loosely – this novel focuses on the young recipient of that typewriter, the countess Carolina. Events revolve mostly around her journey into blindness, her world shrinking as she loses her peripheral vision, dwindling to a small window of sight, to finally nothing. […]
Jizz rags in the Jazz Age, whaat?
You’ll have to click through to see what I’m talking about with that title.
A little Romance to start the CBR6
So, after a less than pleasant reading experience of Northanger Abbey, in which I never should have read the publisher’s note at the beginning as it ruined the plot of the novel for me and kept me from really sinking in to the narrative, at the end of last year (I couldn’t manage to get it finished and reviewed for CBR5, meaning I fell short of my revised goal, only 29/30) I decided that a quick read – a restart button – was in order. […]
webelos8’s CBR VI Review 1: “Something About Her” by Jeannie Ruesch
Since I totally blew it in CBR V, I’m going to try to redeem myself this year. I submitted for a half cannonball, and only reviewed 8. 🙁 I WILL SUCCEED!
MelBivDevoe’s CBR Review #2 – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
I decided, since I’m still on vacation for another day yet, to start reading my second Cannonball selection, “Eleanor & Park” by Rainbow Rowell, this morning.
A May December Romance That Doesn’t Make Me Gag
My plan was to start 2014 off with a nice, important classic: namely, Walden by Thoreau. But then, What I Did for a Duke (2011) by Julie Anne Long became available at my library. Probably no one will be surprised when they hear that I am finished with What I Did for a Duke and only about ten percent done with Walden. Anyway, I’m very pleased to say that Mrs. Julien and I now have one romance novel that we both really like! I keep […]