The Book Cove

I believe in the power of starting the the week off with a positive or provoking thought -- and so was created  A Penny For Your Thoughts . This is a weekly discussion/blog hop that will feature quotes of all kinds; classics, character, book-movie, personal, etc. The themes will range from funny to serious, but really it all depends on how you interpret it! How does this work? Every  Sunday  a quote will be posted Enter the giveaway by  posting your thoughts  on a post of your own or in the comment section   below .  Collect the pennies!  Every week there will be a penny to collect and include with your post, if you choose. RAFFLE ENTRY:  Submit your blog link or comment link    to this form   so that your name can be uploaded to a raffle generator. On the  last Sunday of every month  the entries from the form above will be entered in a drawing.   You get as many entries as you have pennies for the ...

Brooklyn on Fire I enjoy a book with a plucky heroine, even more so in historical novels than contemporary ones. Spunk is easy to come by in the modern world where nobody blinks at a woman with a nontraditional career. Not so much in 1890 when society relegated all females to second-class status with only a minuscule chance of escaping the dictates of rigid class structure. The heroine, Mary Handley, is a nice fictional addition. Sacked from the police force for her less than condescending attitude, Mary works in a bookstore and sets up a consulting private detective business on the side. Readers should note Brooklyn on Fire is the second book in the Mary Handley series, but works as a stand-alone story. I didn’t read book one and had no trouble following the plot. Levy makes enough references to Mary’s earlier exploits so that her family and relationship with the Brooklyn Police Department are easily understood in context. In Brooklyn on Fire , a woman hires Mary to look into...

I believe in the power of starting the the week off with a positive or provoking thought -- and so was created  A Penny For Your Thoughts . This is a weekly discussion/blog hop that will feature quotes of all kinds; classics, character, book-movie, personal, etc. The themes will range from funny to serious, but really it all depends on how you interpret it! How does this work? Every  Sunday  a quote will be posted Enter the giveaway by  posting your thoughts  on a post of your own or in the comment section   below .  Collect the pennies!  Every week there will be a penny to collect and include with your post, if you choose. RAFFLE ENTRY:  Submit your blog link or comment link    to this form   so that your name can be uploaded to a raffle generator. On the  last Sunday of every month  the entries from the form above will be entered in a drawing.   You get as many entries as you have pennies for the ...

I believe in the power of starting the the week off with a positive or provoking thought -- and so was created  A Penny For Your Thoughts . This is a weekly discussion/blog hop that will feature quotes of all kinds; classics, character, book-movie, personal, etc. The themes will range from funny to serious, but really it all depends on how you interpret it! How does this work? Every  Sunday  a quote will be posted Enter the giveaway by  posting your thoughts  on a post of your own or in the comment section   below .  Collect the pennies!  Every week there will be a penny to collect and include with your post, if you choose. RAFFLE ENTRY:  Submit your blog link or comment link    to this form   so that your name can be uploaded to a raffle generator. On the  last Sunday of every month  the entries from the form above will be entered in a drawing.   You get as many entries as you have pennies for the ...

Let’s ring in the New Year with a little nonsense, more precisely confusion and ambiguity. Modern life is full of conflicting advice and unanswered questions which leave people with vaguely unsettled feelings. What happens when we’re uncertain? How do we make the best decision when faced with a problem with multiple solutions? Jamie Holmes has written an insightful book that tries to answer the question do you embrace ambiguity or be like me—hunch in a corner and sob quietly? People fear uncertainty. The need to resolve anxious feelings is deeply rooted and multifaceted. It can also be dangerous, especially during periods of social, political or economic confusion. The desire for fixed solutions is so great voices in the margins are shunted aside. “Fear and uncertainty...intensify people’s appetites for absolutes.” Donald Trump gleefully mouthing a platform of wide-eyed hysteria that all Muslims are bad gels nicely with a study Holmes cites on prejudice. Prejudiced people cling ...

What is Feature and Follow? F&F is a weekly blog hop that consists of book bloggers. It is hosted by Alison Can Read  and  Parajunkee . The rules of involvement are simple: 1.) Link up on the blog hop Linky gadget below this post, 2.) follow the hosts via their network of choice, 3.) follow the weekly featured blog(s) via their network of choice (listed as "featured" in the blog list below), and lastly, 4) check out the rest of the blogs on the hop! If you become a new follower of a blog, let them know and they will follow you back. The F&F is a great way to network, meet other book bloggers, and gain new followers. Even more so, it's a great way to drive fun discussion on a weekly topic. This Week's FF:   What books are you looking forward to reading in 2016  December was my magic month. I got in the mood for Fae, sorcery, and the like and read quite a few authors that I will definitely be keeping an eye out for this coming y...