Way back in high school, I was obsessed with the zombie apocalypse. No, I wasn’t the type of person who believed such an apocalypse was scientifically feasible, but I did enjoy the idea of it and read/watched tons of books/movies about it. That being said, when I came across this tag yesterday, I knew I … Continue reading Zombie Apocalypse Book Tag
Month: June 2018
Book Review: Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
If you haven’t noticed in my recent book reviews, I’ve been trying to read the books that I’ve been meaning to read for years but never gotten to. However, this book wasn’t actually on my TBR, though when it came out six years ago I told myself to read it and yet I never did. … Continue reading Book Review: Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Cake Flavored Book Tag
A couple months ago, one of the blogs I followe, Zezee with Books, did this tag and it looked so delicious (pun intended) that I put it on my list of tags to do eventually. But, typical of me, I forgot about it until I was going through the book tags I’d bookmarked on my … Continue reading Cake Flavored Book Tag
Famous Times Books Were Burned
It’s something that traumatizes booklovers all across the world. Imagine burning precious books, watching millions of words go up into flames because of cruel fate. Suffice it to say, there have been many times in history that just that happened. Whether by accident or by unjust hands, this is my list for famous incidents when … Continue reading Famous Times Books Were Burned
A rose by any other name
“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.” ― H.L. Mencken (I got a kick out of this quote, though I've always considered myself a realist.)
Book Review: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Technically, this is a novella, not a novel, coming in at just under two hundred pages (four hundred on Ebook). This classic horror is probably most famous for its 1963 movie remake called The Haunting. I watched the movie years ago, back when I was obsessed with TCM, and my memory is a little fuzzy … Continue reading Book Review: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
My Favorite Books With Violet Covers
This is the final post in my series of favorite books with different colored covers. I could continue with minor colors, but I’ve hit most of the colors I really like (red, black, turquoise, green…). But I had a fun time with this series! I chose violet (versus purple) simply because I like the word … Continue reading My Favorite Books With Violet Covers
The Name Book Tag
A lot of blogs I follow have been doing this tag where they use books to spell out their blog name. It sounded interesting and, since I had no other idea for want to do today, I thought why not recycle someone else’s idea? I will be spelling out my blog name as MADAME WRITER … Continue reading The Name Book Tag
Blue Sky
"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” ― Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam
Book Review: The Maze Runner
I have been ruminating on whether to read this book since before the movie came out. Honestly, I am not a huge YA fan. Even the books I actually enjoy in this genre (like The Hunger Games), had really poor character development. So, I confess, I was avoiding this book. But this week I had … Continue reading Book Review: The Maze Runner
