Agatha Swanburne’s Pearls Of Wisdom: On Patience

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

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

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

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

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 […]

Bliss Kathryn Littlewood Book Review

At the Bliss family bakery, you can get cookies to help you sleep, love muffins or even truth cookies. You see, there’s a little bit of magic infused in each recipe and indeed, there’s magic in Kathryn Littlewood’s debut novel, Bliss. Calamity Falls seems to operate perfectly and some might say it’s the presence of […]