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Twilight Saga- Full Series

Posted by Ellinia on December 22, 2010 in Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult |

Author(s): Stephenie Meyer Publisher: Brown Young Readers ISBN10: 0316160172 Pages: 2560 Book 1 – Twilight: Bella Swan’s move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella’s life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. [...]

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Memoirs of a Geisha

Posted by Ellinia on December 21, 2010 in Fiction, Historical, Romance |

Author(s): Arthur Golden Publisher: Random House ISBN10: 0739326872 Pages: 768 The book was written in the manner that Sayuri was telling her life story. The story touched me and has given me the conclusion that our memories and the people we know or have known before have impacted us in some way and the memories [...]

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Juliet

Posted by Ellinia on December 19, 2010 in Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Romance |

Author(s): Anne Fortier Publisher: Ballantine Books Date:2010 ISBN10: 0345516109 Pages:464 This is a very well thought out and well written debut effort by Ms. Fortier, in which she mixes Shakespeare’s Tragedy with the popular romance novel and a dash of the Da Vinci Code. The story follows American Julie Jacobs on a quest to Siena, [...]

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The Lost Memoirs Of Jane Austen

Posted by Ellinia on December 19, 2010 in Fiction, Historical, Romance |

Author(s): Syrie James Pages: 352 ISBN: 9780061341427 Publisher: Avon What if, hidden in an old attic chest, Jane Austen’s memoirs were discovered after hundreds of years? What if those pages revealed the untold story of a life-changing love affair? That’s the premise behind this spellbinding novel, which delves into the secrets of Jane Austen’s life, [...]

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An Unfinished Score

Posted by Ellinia on December 18, 2010 in Fiction |

Author(s): Elise Blackwell Publisher: Unbridled Books ISBN10: 1936071665 Pages: 272 On this treacherous landscape, Suzanne will come face to face with realities she has thus far ignored, her ambitions, expectations and dreams for the future. As intricate and syncopated as the music that flows through every facet of these characters’ lives, Blackwell marries music to [...]

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The White Queen

Posted by Ellinia on December 16, 2010 in Fiction, Historical |

Author(s): Philippa Gregory ISBN10: 1416563695 Lady Elizabeth Grey’s husband was killed at the Battle of St. Albans and she desperately wants his lands back for her two little boys.  She is tired of living in her parents’ home and would like her independence. So she stands out in the road as the new king, Edward [...]

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The Red Queen

Posted by Ellinia on December 16, 2010 in Fiction, Historical |

Author(s): Philippa Gregory Publisher: Touchstone ISBN10:1416563725 Pages: 400 The Red Queen is about War of the Roses as seen through the eyes of Henry VII’s mother —is confident, colorful, convincing, and full of conflict, betrayal, and political maneuvering. Gregory gives readers Margaret Beaufort in her own words, from innocent nine-year-old to conspiring courtier who stops [...]

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Earthly Joys

Posted by Ellinia on December 16, 2010 in Fiction, Historical |

Author(s): Philippa Gregory Publisher: Touchstone ISBN10:0743272528 Pages:528 Earthly Joys moves the reader from the Tudor period into the Stuart era through the eyes of John Tradescant, a royal gardener who tends to his plants as though they were children. Indeed, sometimes better than his children. Devoted to his wife and family, Tradescant none the less [...]

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The Other Queen

Posted by Ellinia on December 16, 2010 in Fiction, Historical, Romance |

Author(s):Philippa Gregory Publisher:Touchstone ISBN10: 1416549145 Pages: 464 The story of Mary Queen of Scots is told by three people herself and her jailers, the Lord of Shrewsbury and his shrewd wife, Bess of Hardwick. The author skillfully weaves a fair amount of history through the revelations of the three principal characters. There tends to be [...]

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The Queen’s Fool

Posted by Ellinia on December 16, 2010 in Fiction, Historical, Romance |

Author(s):Philippa Gregory Publisher:Touchstone ISBN:0743246071 Philippa Gregory is one of the best historical novelists writing today, and she’s at the top of her game with this book. As in the Meridon trilogy and “Wise Woman,” she infuses her historical romance with a touch of mysticism. She takes the daring approach here of making Mary the sympathetic [...]

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