It's been a very long time since I've composed a Sunday Salon post, but it's for good reason. I've been busy with work, reading, the outdoors, the family, the house, swimming.. etc. But I wanted to take this chance to announce the end of The Tudor Mania Challenge that was posted here at The Burton Review. Thanks goes...

His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and The Earl of Leicester, A Novel by Jeane Westin Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: NAL Trade (August 3, 2010) ISBN-13: 978-0451230126 Review copy provided by the publisher, thank you! The Burton Review Rating:: One of the greatest loves of all time-between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley-comes...

CSN Stores has been making the rounds on the blogs for awhile now, as we lucky bloggers get a chance to review a product for our readers. I have had several experiences with them so far, and I would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for their next purchase online. They have so many items available at their 200+...

Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo June 22nd 2010 by Minotaur Books Hardcover, 320 pages isbn13: 9780312374983 Book won via Bookreporter.com The Burton Review Rating: Speak no evil . . . In the quiet town of Painters Mill an Amish family is found slaughtered on their farm. Kate Burkholder and her small police force...

His Last Letter, available August 3, 2010 One of the greatest loves of all time-between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley-comes to life in this vivid novel. They were playmates as children, impetuous lovers as adults-and for thirty years were the center of each others' lives. Astute to the dangers of choosing any one...

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme that is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week.. I'll have to take a picture of our new Jumbo mailbox someday =) But here are a few goodies that I received this week. From a cool author and blogger, and yes I promise...

Betsy Ross and the Making of America by Marla R. Miller April 27, 2010 Henry Holt, 467 pp., $30 Review copy from publisher, thank you! The Burton Review Rating: Betsy Ross and the Making of America is the first comprehensively researched and elegantly written biography of one of America's most captivating figures of...

Please welcome to The Burton Review author Deborah Noyes, who has written several books such as Red Butterfly: How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China, Hana in the Time of Tulips and her most recent novel, Captivity (see below for the book giveaway!):   CAPTIVITY, RELEASED JUNE 1, 2010 Synopsis: This...

Dracula In Love by Karen Essex Published August 10, 2010 384 pages, Doubleday Review copy received from publisher, thank you! The Burton Review Rating:   In this wonderfully transporting novel, award-winning author Karen Essex turns a timeless classic inside out, spinning a haunting, erotic, and suspenseful...

Luckily over the past month I had gotten a lot of reading done, and that is why I have had reviews scheduled weeks out. So even though you have thought you've seen me 'here', the last few posts have been scheduled and so are the posts for the next few weeks. Which is great, because I have had zero chance...

Available now is the newest novel by Alison Weir. I reviewed this novel recently, and like all of the Weir books I've read, I really enjoyed this story but there were others who completely disliked the entirety of the novel. I felt that Weir gave an interesting interpretation of Eleanor of Aquitaine...

Jane Seymour: Henry VIII's True Love by Elizabeth Norton Amberley Publishing, 2009 198 pages (not 240) ISBN-13: 978-1848681026 Review copy provided by the publisher, Thanks! The Burton Review Rating: The first ever biography of JaneSeymour, Henry VIII's third wife, who died in childbirth giving the king what hecraved...

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme that is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week.. and thankfully I've only received two in the box, but they are to review. I have piles of books in boxes and no idea where anything is. We shall be seeing these two around...

Have you read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee? If your education was much like mine, at some point around age 14 or 15 you read this fantastic novel. If you were like me, you read the novel fourteen times over in the span of time that your slowpoke class discussed each chapter one by one by one.. I do remember devouring...

Here are the tallies to date of the Tudor Books that have been read and reviewed (12:45 pm CST 7/9/10) for the Tudor Mania Challenge which ends 7/31/2010. You can still join in at any time, and follow the directions on the original post. Thanks to the following bloggers who have participated thus far: Book Addiction...

This Must Be the Place: A Novel by Kate Racculia Henry Holt and Co., 7/6/2010 ISBN: 978-0-8050-9230-1 Hardcover, 368 pages Review copy provided by the publisher, thank you!! The Burton Review Rating: A sudden death, a never-mailed postcard, and a long buried secret set the stage for a luminous and heartbreakingly...