Flirting With Forever by Gwyn Cready

by Carol13 Comments
Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready I don't know that I've ever read a time travel romance before this one. Apparently I've been missing a fun sub-genre. This is a fun, sexy romp. In present day Pittsburgh, art historian Campbell Stratford is working on a manuscript, a sexy tell-all "fictography" of a seventeenth-century painter that she hopes will help her get the promotion she's after. To her surprise, she discovers a time portal that transports her back to that time, straight into the home of painter Peter Lely, portraitist to Charles II. Here's where it gets a little confusing. Peter Lely is dead and has been recruited by the Guild protecting dead artists to sabotage Cam's project. So he's traveled back to that point in time, too, knowing that he will meet the writer then. Sparks fly, but after a night of seduction, Cam returns to the present and realizes she's been betrayed. But, Peter manages to travel to modern Pittsburgh, in theory...
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A Summer Teaser

by Carol6 Comments
Green and lush, it grew up and around the doublewide, making the structure, with its bright cobalt color and red door, look like one more exotic bloom. Along the front, sunflowers moved lazily in the breeze, brushing a side window: beneath them were a row of rosebushes, their perfumelike scent permeating the air. (pg. 115, The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen) I admit that the nice weather lately has made me want to get out in the yard, plant flowers and veggies.  I'm not an outdoors person, but I do love my gardens. Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along. I cheated a little, but the rules are easy. Grab your current read, open to a random page, and give us two teaser sentences. Remember, no spoilers. My copy was borrowed from the library and the above is my honest opinion. I am an Amazon associate....
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The Stir Outside the Cafe Royal by Clarence Rook

by Carol5 Comments
"The Stir Outside the Café Royal" by Clarence Rook I love a good detective story, although this one doesn't quite fit the bill for me. There is not much actual detecting, no showing how the clues are followed. I know nothing about the author other than that he died in 1915. Colonel Mathurin was one of the aristocrats of crime; at least Mathurin was the name under which he had accomplished a daring bank robbery in Detroit which had involved the violent death of the manager, though it was generally believed by the police that the Rossiter who was at the bottom of some long-firm frauds in Melbourne was none other than Mathurin under another name, and that the designer and chief gainer in a sensational murder case in the Midlands was the same mysterious and ubiquitous personage. The story tells how on pleasant, sunny day in London a young American woman, alone in the city, manages to trick this criminal into entering...
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The Past 604,800 Seconds

by Carol3 Comments
This past week was a lot quieter for me. I didn't post any reviews for books that I absolutely loved, although I did find the original "Little Red Riding Hood" fascinating. My giveaway for Montana Legacy by R. C. Ryan is still open. Nothing much going on at home. On Wednesday, Amber (10) and her Sunday School Class put on a puppet play for the evening church service. She helped with the scenery and did the introduction. This is one of the pictures she drew. Friday, we played games at our house as usual. We played Kingsburg with the expansion, To Forge a Realm, which adds a lot to the game. I'll probably talk about it for a Game Night post in the next week or two. Saturday was the Read-a-Thon, which I really enjoyed. There's nothing better than having an excuse to read all day and avoid chores. I finished a couple of books and had a lot of fun visiting other...
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Game Night – Shadows Over Camelot

by Carol2 Comments
Shadows Over Camelot Designers: Serge Laget, Bruno Cathala Manufacturer: Days of Wonder Artist: Julien Delval Year: 2005 Players: 3 - 7 Time: 60 - 80 minutes Ages: 10 and up Yesterday was the Read-a-Thon, so I put off my Game Night post until today. It's been a while since we've played this one, but I love the King Arthur theme. You are one of the Knights of the Round Table and evil forces are gathering around Camelot and you must all join forces to protect the land. You and the others go on a variety of legendary quests, such as the search for Excalibur, the Holy Grail, or Lancelot's Armor; the tournament against the Black Knight; and numerous wars against the Saxons and Picts. But watch out, there may be a traitor in your midst. This in at heart a cooperative game. The players must work together to defeat evil, but there may be one player in their ranks who is...
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Read-a-Thon 2:30 am

by Carol5 Comments
Read-a-thon  Final Update: Total time spent reading/listening: 9 hours, 8 minutes Total time spent cheering: 4 hours Total pages read: 573 Time listening to books: 2 hour 10 minutes Books and stories finished: Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg, "The Stir Outside the Café Royal" by Clarence Rook, The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook, and Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer. Not finished: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Other tidbits: I'm heading to bed. Hope everyone has a great time in the remaining hours....
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