Once upon a time, there was a little girl named April. She dreamed about castles and royalty. Then she went away to college where she learned that medieval people were actually kind of gross, but totally bad as. Instead of dreaming in bed, she’d day dream at her desk of relics and miracles and saints. […]
Archives for March 2012
Agatha Swanburne’s Pearls Of Wisdom: On Patience
March 28, 2012
Hey friends, I’d like to welcome Maryrose Wood to Good Books & Good Wine today. She is the author of one of my favorite Middle Grade series EVER, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, and, well as you can see from her guest post below, is a very wise woman. “Sometimes there’s nothing more to […]
The Unseen Guest Maryrose Wood Book Review
March 28, 2012
If there was ever doubt in my love of the Incorrigibles, it was erased by the third edition to the series, The Unseen Guest. Miss Penelope Lumley and her three charges Cassiopeia, Beowulf, and Alexander are back. And friends? This adventure by Maryrose Wood is a keeper. So, the Ashton household is abuzz for several reasons. […]
The Incorrigible Children Of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling Maryrose Wood Audiobook Review
March 27, 2012
Holy moly. Can I give an adoption certificate to fiction characters? Cuz I want to take the Incorrigibles – the three orphans raised by wolves  from the pages of The Incorrigible Children Of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood and keep them in my home. You guys, I actually read the second book of […]
How can I possibly be expected to handle work on a day like this?: Top 10 Books To Play Hooky With
March 27, 2012
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke And The Bookish and was created by Jamie at The Perpetual Page Turner. Every time I think about playing hooky, I’m reminded of one of the greatest films to come out of the 80s – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And I think of his most epic day […]
Bloggiesta! In Which I Tell You I Am Signing Up And My Hopes And Dreams
March 26, 2012
YOU GUYS! I have been waiting FOREVER for a Bloggiesta because I procrastinate like it’s my job. And it looks like there will finally be one March 30-April 1 hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book and Suey at It’s All About Books. So what, pray tell, is Bloggiesta? It is this big festival that […]