The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell

Two popular fairy tales are seamlessly blended into one charming and magical story in The Princess Curse. Thirteen year- old Reveka is new to the kingdom of Sylvania where she is apprenticed to the local herbalist while her father works at the palace. Shortly after her arrival Reveka learns about the Prince's daughters, who are under a mysterious curse that leaves their feet bloody and blistered each morning. No one know what goes on each night...

Just had to share...

This just really made my day and so I had to share it with you. From Not Always Right: Well-To-Do, If A Bit Daffy Bakery- USA (A well-dressed woman enters the store and hands me a note.) Customer: “Could you get this order ready for me, please? I’ll be back in ten minutes.” (I look at the note, but it’s blank.) Me: “There is nothing written on this note.” Customer: “Well, I decided to surprise myself today with my purchases.” Me: “Okay…that’s...

If Walls Could Talk and other Non-Fiction reviews

I'm always hesitant about reviewing non-fiction books here because many of you have commented that you don't particularly care for such books. But since I owe Bloomsbury a review of If Walls Could Talk (via NetGalley) I thought I would take this opportunity to share with you some of the other non-fiction books that I recently read and enjoyed. Hopefully, I might even tempt you to give one of them a try. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If...