Wrap Up: New Year Read-a-Thon


It is past time for me to wrap up this event, I meant to earlier, but pain and being bedridden kept me from it. I enjoyed Bookworming in the 21st Century’s New Year Read-a-Thon. I was not able to read as much as I would have like partly due to family time and the other part due to my health. However, I did manage to complete 2 novels and get the reviews written! I managed to read :

  • Leading Lady by Heywood Gould (297 pages) -Review
  • A Visit From Voltaire by Dinah Lee Küng (360 pages) -Review

Not too bad for dividing my time with my family, being bedridden with pain and reading. I highly recommend A Visit From Voltaire, it lifted my spirits when I did not think they could be. A delightful novel to say the least.

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My Dearest Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan: A Book Review

Title: My Dearest Mr. Darcy
Author: Sharon Lathan
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Publications Date: January 2010
Paperback: 352 Pages
ISBN: 9781402217425
Genre: Fiction/Historical/Romance

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About the Book
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Married life is bringing out the best in the Darcys. Their mutual attentiveness brings readers into a magical world of love and wedded bliss.

Elizabeth is growing into her role as Mistress of Pemberley, and Darcy has mellowed under her gentle teasing and light-heartedness. Pemberley becomes a true home and a welcoming environment for loving family and friends. The Darcys travel to the seaside, welcome their firstborn, celebrate their anniversary and second Christmas, and at every moment embrace the love gifted to them.

“I love you, my Elizabeth. You are my soul, my blood and bone, my very life.”

My Review:

Sharon Lathan takes up where Jane Austen left off and regales the reader with her third novel in The Darcy Saga. My Dearest Mr. Darcy is a brilliantly woven tale picking up were Pride and Prejudice left off, almost a year into the marriage of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. All the characters are present, those loveable and not so loveable, making the Darcy’s first two years of marriage an intriguing affair. This novel stands quite well on its own merits, as I have not read the previous two Lathan novels, however a knowledge of Pride and Prejudice is required to understand the subtle undercurrents of the numerous relationships. The novel centers on the upcoming birth of the Darcy’s first child adding in some delightful exploits and a few unexpected twists. Most noted is the deep-seated adoration and unflinching love Mr. Darcy and Lizzy have for each other. While the moments are touching I found the more subtle romance of Jane Austen’s novel to be more comfortable for me. Placing my prejudices aside, Lathan’s novel is exquisitely told with a brilliant flourish of language and so rich in detail, that one would be hard pressed to set this novel down. My Dear Mr. Darcy makes for a fabulous afternoon of reading.

About the Author:

Sharon Lathan is the author of the bestselling Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One, and Loving Mr. Darcy: Journeys Beyond Pemberley. In addition to her writing, she works as a Registered Nurse in a Neonatal ICU. She resides in Hanford, California in the sunny San Joaquin Valley. For more information, please visit.

I received a free copy of My Dearest Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan from Sourceboks. Receiving a free copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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What Are You Reading Mondays? The First of 2010


I adore this meme, which was created by J. Kaye at J. Kaye’s Book Blog . It is the perfect way for me to begin the week by helping me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs.

I Read:

  • Deadly Codes by JP O’Donnell (206 pages)- Review
  • Abandoned and Forgotten (431 pages) by Evelyne Tannehill - Review
  • A Visit From Voltaire (351 pages) by Dinah Lee Küng - Review
  • Leading Lady (297 pages) by Heywood Gould – Review
This Week I am hoping to read :
  • My Dear Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan (320 pages)
  • The Sweet By and By by Sara Evans (307 pages)
  • The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. (286 pages)
  • Angel and Apostle by Deborah Noyes (294 pages)
  • The Forgotten Legion by Ben Kane (544 pages)

Visit next Monday to see if I managed to accomplish my reading goals.

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