2010 - Burton Book Review - Leafing through history

Dec 30, 2010

Happy New Year!!

BurtonReview Thursday, December 30, 2010

2010 went by like a whirlwind for us! Didn't it seem to just fly by?! It was a year full of ups and downs.. lots of fantastic things and life changing events and lots of not so great things, too.. but 2011 should settle the score and be a peaceful happy year for us all around. (As peaceful as things can get with a 3 year...

Dec 24, 2010

Book Review: Secrets of the Tudor Court: By Royal Decree by Kate Emerson

BurtonReview Friday, December 24, 2010

Secrets of the Tudor Court: By Royal Decree by Kate Emerson Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Gallery (December 14, 2010) ISBN-13: 978-1439177815 Review copy provided by the author, thanks so very much! The Burton Review Rating: Charming. Desirable. Forbidden. Brought to court with other eligible young noblewomen by...

Dec 8, 2010

Book Review: Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser

BurtonReview Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Nan A. Talese (November 2, 2010) ISBN-13: 978-0385532501 Review copy from the publisher, thank you! The Burton Review Rating: A moving testament to one of the literary world's most celebrated marriages: that of the greatest playwright...

Dec 5, 2010

2010 in Review: The Burton Review Loved These Books!

BurtonReview Sunday, December 05, 2010

Last year, I made a post about my favorite reads of 2009 where I picked my top ten reads out of the 64 books I had read. And here we are again, another year (that flew by) of fabulous reads, and only a few of not-so-fabulous reads of this year. At the time of composing this draft, I have read 58 books in 2010 (see...

Nov 29, 2010

Book Review: Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell

BurtonReview Monday, November 29, 2010

Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark (December 1, 2010) Literature/Fiction ISBN-13: 978-1402241284 Review copy provided by the publisher, thank you! The Burton Review Rating: When the smoke has cleared from the battlefields and the civil war has finally ended, fervent...

Nov 22, 2010

Book Review: Sunset Park by Paul Auster

BurtonReview Monday, November 22, 2010

Sunset Park by Paul Auster Hardcover, 320 pages Published November 9th, 2010 by Henry Holt and Co. ISBN 0805092862 Review copy provided by the publisher The Burton Review Rating: = "Interesting premise, someone else might like it" Luminous, passionate, expansive, an emotional tour de force: Sunset Park follows...

Nov 18, 2010

Book Review: A Darcy Christmas by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan and Carolyn Eberhart

BurtonReview Thursday, November 18, 2010

A Darcy Christmas by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan and Carolyn Eberhart Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark (October 1, 2010) Review copy provided by Sourcebooks, thank you! ISBN-10: 1402243391 ISBN-13: 978-1402243394 The Burton Review Rating: This is something different for Darcy fans: a novella...

Nov 12, 2010

Book Review: Child of the Northern Spring by Persia Woolley

BurtonReview Friday, November 12, 2010

Child of the Northern Spring by Persia Woolley Sourcebooks REISSUE, November 1, 2010 Historical Fantasy Review copy provided by Sourcebooks, thank you! The Burton Review Rating: The Guinevere Trilogy by Persia Woolley: Child of the Northern Spring (1987) Queen of the Summer Stars (1991) Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn...

Nov 5, 2010

Book Review: Désirée by Annemarie Selinko

BurtonReview Friday, November 05, 2010

Désirée: The Bestselling Story of Napoleon's First Love by Annemarie Selinko Sourcebooks Product ISBN: 9781402244025 Price: $16.99, 608 pages Sourcebooks Publication Date: October 1, 2010 Review copy provided by Sourcebooks Landmark, thank you! To be young, in France, and in love: fourteen year old Desiree can’t...

Nov 1, 2010

Giveaway and Guest Author! The Sixth Surrender by Hana Samek Norton

BurtonReview Monday, November 01, 2010

In the last years of her eventful life, queen-duchess Aliénor of Aquitaine launches a deadly dynastic chess game to safeguard the crowns of Normandy and England for John Plantagenet, her last surviving son. To that end, Aliénor coerces into matrimony two pawns—Juliana de Charnais, a plain and pious novice determined...

Oct 22, 2010

Audio Book Review: The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory

BurtonReview Friday, October 22, 2010

The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory ABRIDGED Audio CD, 0 pages Published November 16th 2004 by Simon & Schuster Audio (first published 2004) ISBN074353980X (ISBN13: 9780743539807) Borrowed from a friend's personal library, thank you! The Burton Review Rating: I expect it would have been a 3 star read had I...

Oct 18, 2010

Book Review: Dark Road to Darjeeling (Book 4 in Lady Julia Grey series) by Deanna Raybourn

BurtonReview Monday, October 18, 2010

Dark Road to Darjeeling (Book 4 in Lady Julia Grey series) by Deanna Raybourn Paperback, 400 pages Published October 1st 2010 by Mira (first published September 17th 2010) ISBN0778328201 (ISBN13: 9780778328209) http://www.deannaraybourn.com/dark_road_. series Lady Julia #4 After eight idyllic months in the Mediterranean,...

Oct 12, 2010

Book Review: Silent in the Sanctuary (Book 2 in the Lady Julia Grey series) by Deanna Raybourn

BurtonReview Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Book two in the Lady Julia Grey Mysteries Silent in the Sanctuary (Lady Julia Grey Series #2) by Deanna Raybourn January 2008 MIRA Books 560 pages ISBN: 978-7783-2492-8 This book was purchased by me The Burton Review Rating: Fresh from a six-month sojourn in Italy, Lady Julia returns home to Sussex to find her father's...

Oct 11, 2010

Jeannie Lin's Butterfly Swords and Taming of Mei Lin Blog Tour

BurtonReview Monday, October 11, 2010

Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin Publisher: Harlequin Pub Date: 10/01/2010 ISBN: 9780373296149 During China’s infamous Tang Dynasty, a time awash with luxury yet littered with deadly intrigues and fallen royalty, betrayed Princess Ai Li flees before her wedding. Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords...

Oct 6, 2010

Book Review: Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

BurtonReview Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn (book 1 of 4 in Lady Julia Grey series) Mass Market Paperback, 511 pages Published December 1st 2007 by Mira (first published 2006) Purchased for my own enjoyment The Burton Review Rating: "Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave." These ominous words,...

Oct 4, 2010

Giveaway and Guest Post by Laurel Corona: Penelope's Daughter

BurtonReview Monday, October 04, 2010

Please welcome to The Burton Review award-winning author Laurel Corona, who has crafted an exquisite retelling of the story of Homer’s The Odyssey in PENELOPE’S DAUGHTER (Berkley Trade Paperback Original; October 5, 2010; $15.00). This book has such a beautiful cover there was no way that I could resist getting this...