Archive | September, 2010

Year of the Historical: September Reviews

This year has flown by so fast! I can’t believe there’s now only three months left in 2010. Are Fall temperatures making their way into your home areas yet? We’re having some nice and cool mornings and evenings. I can’t wait to build a fire, either inside or out, and sit down with a good [...]

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Banned Books No One Can Keep Me From

So this is Banned Books Week (September 25-October 2, 2010), a yearly look at the cold hard fact that somewhere, across the United States, a book is being looked at for possible banishment from libraries, schools and the like. That ideas and thoughts are attempting to be suppressed. That some believe that not only do [...]

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Jennifer Rardin Review & Giveaway Tribute

Last week, as most of us already know, author Jennifer Rardin passed away. The book community of authors and readers were immediately swept away in dismay, sorrow and regret that this wonderful person was with us no more. Several of us bloggers decided that we wanted to give away a few of her books in [...]

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Books I Say No To: Dreadnought

Books I Say No To is an informal review segment where I take time to discuss why I couldn’t finish a book or dislike something about it enough to say so and why. This is not a means of discouraging reading of the book. You are always encouraged here at Lurv to seek out and [...]

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