Novelas Romanticas Gratis

  I'm pretty happy with my reading in January--just didn't finish The Lady Brewer of London ; it's a big chunk of a book that so far has been quite good, but I don't have the brain energy to finish it right now. It's back on the shelf; will keep plugging away at it. I think it's one of those books that I'll devour later on and wonder why I didn't finish it the first time around.  February is not only about Valentine's Day, but it's the month where I met my partner, Lee. Nineteen years ago! Hard to believe a blind date actually worked out. A book nerd fell in love with a man who doesn't read books. However, he gets my love of books and reading, and supports my book life. And he's subject to my random factoids, usually preceded by me saying "I read this somewhere..." All of the books I want to read are coming at me fast and furious! I've tried to whittle them down and will focus on the following books for my TBR in February: I...

  I first read about the real-life mystery of Agatha Christie's disappearance in 1926 a few years ago and was fascinated by it. What intrigued me the most is that no one, to this day, knows what exactly happened, and why she disappeared for eleven days in December, 1926. This lead to a wave of news media and police searching for her, fearing the worst. And yet after eleven days, she's found staying at a hotel near London, under an assumed name.  Agatha Christie never explained her disappearance--never talked about it for the rest of her life. Instead, she went on to become the most popular author of all time, writing mysteries that defined the genre and made her so famous she still steadily sells books and has movies based on her works produced 100 years later. Amazing.  Marie Benedict was also intrigued by this real-life mystery and decided to craft a novel around it, with a possible explanation as to the "why" of it. It's an interesting take on ...

  The Arctic Fury is a novel I've been waiting quite some time to read, and I've been chipping away at it all week. Today I spent the day on the couch reading all day to finish it. It was a day well spent!  Sometimes when I'm reading a book, I look at reviews about midway through just to see how people have reacted to the story. I'd say for this, there were a lot of folks who didn't like the lack of relationship building between the women. Now that I've read the book, I can say that wasn't the case for me, and I was not disappointed at all in this historical adventure.  Viriginia Reeve has been summoned to Boston by Lady Jane Franklin with a very unusual proposition: to lead a group of women into the Arctic to find her husband, Lord John Franklin of the famed Franklin Expedition. Lord Franklin and his crew, along with their two ships, never returned, and no one knows what happened to them. Lady Jane believes a group of women can actually succeed where men h...

  We've all dreamt of having a dedicated home library space, right? I'd love to have a big room with a  fireplace, lots of shelving, and comfy chairs. Maybe a bar tucked into the corner. All of my books in one place.  Whether you're new to books and figuring out where to keep them in your home, or you're like me and you never have enough space for what you want to keep, here's a great article by Cassandra Rosas for Porch.com that takes you through some steps in planning, organizing, and maintaining your home library: Home Library Ideas: How to Store Your Books and Keep Them Like New December 3, 2020 Cassandra Rosas The New Year is approaching soon, and book fans all over the world are preparing for all of the wonderful books to read in 2021. If you consider yourself a reading connoisseur, you may notice that your favorite books are starting to pile up. Designing your own home library is a great way to keep them stored in an organized, creative way. Before ...

  The Children's Blizzard is historical fiction based on a tragic natural disaster that happened on January 12, 1888 in Nebraska. That blizzard, called The Schoolhouse Blizzard in some records, was previously written about in David Laskin's non-fiction book of the same name. I read Laskin's book when it was published in 2004 and was fascinated by this natural disaster that I'd never heard of before.  This is a fictionalized story of that day in 1888. The characters--Raina and Gerda, Anette, Fredrik, Tor-they are based on some of the actual students and teachers that survived the blizzard.  It's January 12, 1888. A strangely warm (40 degrees!) day on the Nebraska prairies. People took advantage of the mild weather to make trips to town from their homesteads for supplies. Students walked to school without their usual heavy coats and gloves. For most, it was a pretty short walk-maybe 15 minutes from their homes to the schoolhouses. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, ...

  January is typically the month we all decide to try something new--whether it's joining a gym, making meal plans, setting that reading goal for the year-it's a fresh start in a new year. Seems easier to begin at the beginning, right?  After a stressful 2020 for all of us, finding some sanity in our every day lives is super important. But it can be overwhelming to think about how to begin and where to begin. Everyday Mindfulness can help you get that peace of mind day by day in simple steps that aren't overwhelming.  I wasn't sure what to expect when I opened this book, but I quickly realized this was the kind of mindfulness work I could handle. You will spend 108 days working each day on a guided practice to mindfulness. The book is divided into 6 sections, beginning with your physical self and ending with nurturing relationships. Days range from doing something as simple as taking a deep breath, drinking water, and building a morning routine to identifying daily d...

  I spent the New Year's weekend starting four different books and waiting for one (or more) to grab me and not let go. The Wife Upstairs was the winner! It's a quick read, and the plot loosely based on Jane Eyre gave me some idea of what to expect, although there was a twist ending to this thriller.  I'll start out by saying I didn't like one person in this whole novel. Not one. Jane is new to Alabama, and all you really know about her is that she was in foster homes for most of her life, and now she's landed a job as a dog walker in the expensive gated community of Thornfield Estates. Jane steals bits and bobbles from the people she works for-after all, she's barely making a living, and they have so much they don't miss what she takes and pawns for extra money.  One day, she meets Eddie, the enigmatic and handsome man who lives in Thornfield Estates and recently lost his wife in a boating incident. Bea and her friend Blanche were on a boat together ...