I was out of my grimy clothes in a mater of minutes - how do you get so filthy in a library - and into a pair of old yoga pants...~ Diana Bishop Because Diana, books are dirty, dusty, smelly, sometimes even moldy and buggy. "Tell me that creature didn't take a seat down there.""He…
Diana Bishop is the last descendant of Bridget Bishop, the first woman executed for withcraft in Salem. After her parent's death, she rejected her witch heritage in favor of more scholarly pursuits. Now, a young professor at Yale, she's spending her time at the Bodlien Library at Oxford researching Alchemical manuscripts. But when she calls…
Thirteen-year-old Harriet has just moved and is spending her summer away from her Camp friends. Lonely and depressed, Harriet writes to her friends who never write back. She also helps her family's land lady, a kind old woman. But Harriet also is scared of what's to come. It says in the summary of this book…
Set three years after the Mortal Instruments and two before the Dark Artifices this adventure features the gang assisting Magnus and Alec in a mission. When Shinyun, the Korean Warlock that caused trouble in Europe in The Red Scrolls of Magic, and Ragnor Fell break into Magnus and Alec's apartment and steals the Lost Book…
Welcome to 2021 and another year of fanfic read alike posts! Writing this post continues to be one of my favorite things, and I want to thank all of you for reading and all the authors for continuing to generate so much wonderful content. In What You Deserve by Celia_and, Rey and Ben have hooked…
Melissa's List I'm not sure I have a full 10. I'm still trying to knock stuff off my backlist. Add in my project for work, and I'm not sure I'm looking ahead to many books next year. Most of these are part of series by favorite authors, or new books by favorite authors. My Contrary…
Happy New Year everyone! And what a year we are leaving behind. Let's raise a glass to 2021 being a better year and to new beginnings. In 2020 I read 100 books. Slightly less than 2019, but not by much. Amy read a whopping 237 books. Not half bad considering all the crap that went…
When new girl Sasha has gets her first menstrual cycle at school while wearing white pants, Brit, Abby, and Christine rescue her from humiliation. Only to find that the pad and tampon dispensers in the restroom are empty. Brit loans Sasha her sweater to tie around her waist to hide the evidence and one of…
Melissa's List I had some trouble picking out ten books. I have a five book series I absolutely loved on here so you'll have to forgive me if I stop at 8 titles. Ninth House by Leigh BardugoRecipe for Persuasion by Sonali DevThe Great Library series by the late Rachel CaineNo Offense by Meg CabotChain…
Isabel has Rheumatoid Arthritis. While getting an infusion to help her RA at the hospital she meets Sasha, a boy with the genetic condition Gaucher Disease getting his own infusion of medicine. They quickly become friends, then start to fall for one another. Isabel has never had a friend that was sick like her, someone…
