Author: HardcoverLife

Warning: Political Opinions!

I don’t often share political opinions online. Everyone has their own opinions, which is totally fine, but not everyone is tolerant of other opinions, which is totally frustrating. And social …

The Eyre Affair

Today we rejoice with The Eyre Affair, a wonderful novel by Jasper Fforde, and the first of the Thursday Next series. I must admit: nobody told me about this book. Nobody. …

12 Days of Teacher Christmas

Today we’re going to talk about the miracles that walk among us: teachers. I know, I know. This is supposed to primarily be a little blog about books and what …

Goodbye, Thanksgiving; Hello, Christmas

It’s December 1st, and we are well into the holiday season. Farewell to the month of turkeys and overeating and Black Friday shopping and football. Hello to the month of …

Kraken King

We’ve made it to book 4 in the Iron Seas series: The Kraken King! Woohoo! We have relished the first two, survived the third, and now can rejoice in the fourth. You …

Riveted

It’s week three of November, which means it’s time for book three of The Iron Seas series: Riveted! Okay. So, the first two book in Meljean Brook’s series, The Iron Duke and Heart of Steel, are …

Heart of Steel

It’s week #2, which can mean only one thing: time for Heart of Steel, book #2 of Meljean Brook’s Iron Seas series! For those who missed last week, I’m going to …

The Iron Duke

I hereby declare November to be “Steampunk Month”! This is a super unofficial declaration, prompted in part because I’ve gone back to read The Iron Seas series and partly because a …

Pseudo-Crafter

Okay. Time for a confession: I am a pseudo-crafter. Yeah, maybe that phrase does not exist (yet), but that’s what I’m calling it. I do not know always know what …

Sleeping Giants

I was really excited to read Sleeping Giants, a novel by Sylvain Neuvel. The book, out in April 2016, summary compares Sleeping Giants to the “tradition of Michael Crichton, World War …