August 4. The day that is celebrated around the world as International Beer Day!! When the weather is probably either hot or frazzling. Perfect weather for a long drink. So, in honor here is a charming little poem by Edgar Allen Poe, the master of horror. Lines on Ale Fill with […]
Hello Book Lovers! While MLCWO travels the globe this little corner of the reading internet is too quiet and so much is going on in the world of print and books. As promised by my lovely book loving daughter I will keep you up to date on bookish things until […]
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Rating: 4/5 teacups Summary “A biological bomb has just been discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall. At first nobody knows if it’s even life threatening, but then the entire complex is quarantined, people start getting sick, […]
Rating: 3/5 teacups Summary “Let me be clear: I never intended to raise my brother from his grave, though he may claim otherwise. If there’s anything I’ve learned from him in the years since, it’s that the dead hide truths as well as the living. When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother […]
WHAT?! I had no idea that they were coming out with A Winkle In Time! And the cast looks good! Oprah Winfrey and Chris Pine?! It comes out March 9th! I’ll be waiting for it! And have to read the series again…to remind myself of the book. Childhood reborn.
Rating: 4/5 teacups Summary “Always sporting her headphones to try to close out the world around her, Hikaru is clearly a reclusive teen aged girl. And within her body resides another life-form known as Ciel, a hunter in search of an intergalactic murderer intent on wiping out humanity. In 7 Billion Needles, […]
Hey all! Just wanted to put out a small update. So I will be traveling in a few days for about a month! I’m heading off to Japan to study abroad! I’m so excited, and of course nervous too, but it will be amazing! Because of this I will not […]
So I recently purchased book themed candles. Because I was seeing them all over Instagram and I just had to get myself a set! So after shopping around for a few weeks, for deals and the best place to purchase from, I found Wick and Fable. They’ve been all over […]
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 1st Blurb – The murder changes everything. The Vanguard is supposed to protect against such violence, not fall victim to it. But even the so-called ‘Fallen’ wouldn’t kill without reason. Would they? The murderer changes everything. The Fallen keep to themselves, living comfortably separate to other Necurians. […]
HAPPY RELEASE DAY Congratulations to Award Winning Author M.L. Guida on her latest book release! For the FIRST time ever, THREE fantastic paranormal romance novels in ONE new, exciting collection THE PRINCESSES OF THE SEA BOX SET M.L. Guida Series: Legends of the Soaring Phoenix Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance Publisher: […]
An Argentinean artist, Marta Minujín, aged 74, has taken 100,000 banned books to build a full-sized Parthenon at the location of a very famous Nazi book burning site. It is to symbolize a resistance to the political repression, according to the artist. With the help of students from Kassel University in […]
If you read the book, this trailer makes it look amazing. I’m dying! YES PLEASE!
Rating: 4/5 teacups Summary “When a devastating explosion kills the new President’s young son, her administration seeks to finally end the war on terror. CIA black-ops agent Justin Raines is among the recruits in a new program that targets for assassination U.S. citizens suspected of radicalizing Muslims. Haunted by a […]
So I went to visit this adorable bookshop called Pick Wick Book Shop in Nyack, NY. It’s an absolutely adorable place and I had driven by it once and fell in love immediately and just had to go check it out. The outside, as you can see, it just so […]
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Rating: 4/5 teacups Summary “Nicholai Hel is the world’s most wanted man. Born in Shanghai during the chaos of World War I, he is the son of an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father and is the protégé of […]
2 As you may have heard, Amazon has become part of the tangible world. They now have bookstores! And one has opened near me. So of course, as a book lover, I had to go check one out. What did I find? So my first impression was that this place was […]
Rating: 5/5 teacups Summary “One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and […]
What sad news this is today. The wonderful creator of Paddington Bear, a loveable creature from some of our childhoods has passed away. Some people were brought up with Winnie the Pooh, others had Paddington Bear, and he was such a wonderful bear. Michael Bond will greatly be missed.
“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much” Please view this in your web browser. And turn your sound on!! The first line that started it all. And here we are, 20 year later, looking back […]
Rating: 2/5 teacups Summary “Professor Angelopoulos is a mature, experienced, and renowned archaeologist. Whilst working in the sweltering heat of the Kanesh desert, Turkey, he meets the true love of his life, Sally. Sally, a young Irish girl, arrives at the archaeological camp after being injured in a motorcycle accident. Whilst […]
