Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Things I Love/Hate About Romance in Books. I love meeting authors, or at least getting a chance to hear them talk about their books. And I’ve been really lucky in… Read more »
Pilgrim’s Inn by Elizabeth Goudge Series: Eliots of Damerosehay #2 Published by Hendrickson on May 1, 2013 (re-issued) Genres: Fiction Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Little White Horse, A City of Bells, The Blue Hills Few understood David Eliot’s anguish at losing Nadine…. Read more »
A City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge Published by Coward McCann on 1936 Genres: Fiction Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Little White Horse, Pilgrim’s Inn, The Blue Hills Review When injured veteran Jocelyn Irvin arrives in the sleepy cathedral town of… Read more »
Today is Elizabeth Goudge’s birthday, and the start of Elizabeth Goudge Week over at The Emerald City Book Review. I’m so glad that Lori decided to celebrate by dedicating a whole week to Goudge, because she’s one of my favorite authors of all time. The daughter of a clergyman, Elizabeth… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Inspirational Quotes from Books. I actually had a hard time with this topic. Many of the quotes I collect are about books or writing or music; they aren’t so much… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books from My Childhood or Teens That I Would Love to Revisit. I have always been a re-reader. Even as a child, I read so fast and so much that… Read more »
The Little White Horse remains one of my favorite children’s books of all time. When I found out it had been made into a movie, I was both excited and apprehensive, and immediately borrowed it from Netflix. It turns out I was right to be apprehensive. In filming The Secret… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Wish Could Have Had Sequels. When I started putting this post together, I was surprised by how many books I’ve read that do have sequels. I seem… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Authors Who Deserve More Recognition. Over half of my choices for this topic are older authors (two are dead) who were active in the mid- and late 20th century. … Read more »
The Little White Horse Add to Goodreads When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor, she feels as if she’s entered Paradise. Her new guardian, her uncle Sir Benjamin, is kind and funny; the Manor itself feels like home right away; and every person and animal she meets is… Read more »
