Book Tour: ‘The Golem and the Jinni’ by Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Harper 486 pages Pub. Date:   April 23, 2013 Book received from:  Publisher _____________________________________ Genre:  Historical Fiction/ Fantasy Cover:  Just lovely.  I like the simplicity, colors, and font used. Characters:  Amazingly complex First line(s):  “The Golem’s life began in the hold of a steamship.  The year was 1899; the […]

‘Etiquette & Espionage’ by Gail Carriger

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 307 pages Pub. Date:   February 5, 2012 Book received from:  Purchased _____________________________________ Genre:  YA Fantasy/ Steampunk/ Historical Fiction Series:  Finishing School #1 Cover:  Eye-catching and just absolute perfection. Characters:  Perfection.  So many sides and so much to tell. Quote:  “It’s no good choosing your […]

Book Tour: ‘Black Venus’ by James McManus

I love, pale one, your lifted eyebrows bridging       Twin darknesses of flowing depth. But however deep they are, they carry me       Another way than that of death  . .     Black Venus by James McManus Thomas Dunne Books 368 pages Pub. Date:   May 7, 2013 Book received from:  Publisher _____________________________________ Genre:  Historical […]