Articles by Noa
Noa first fell in love with books when she discovered 100 acre wood and its inhabitants. To this day, the last pages of “The House at Pooh Corner” make her cry. In a good way. From“Calvin and Hobbes” to “The Iliad and the Odyssey” and lets not forget “Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes”. Biographies, mysteries, history books and romances all have a place on her bookshelves. Who needs furniture? This 29 year old singleton’s dream is to invent the zero-calorie chocolate. But until that day arrives, she tries to create sweet confections with whatever chocolate she can find. An MA in conflict studies (need a mediator?) means Noa loves a good debate, especially when she wins. If she were in charge, books would be free for everyone.
Passport: China: Review: Noble House by James Clavell
Author: James Clavell
Book: Noble House
Release: July 1 1981
Series: The Asian Saga
Source: Personal Library
Purchase: Amazon – Book Depository
The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of …
Mystery Week: ARC Review: A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
Author: Jacqueline Winspear
Book: A Lesson in Secrets
Release: March 22, 2011
Series: Maisie Dobbs 8
Source: NetGalley
Purchase: Amazon – Book Depository
Maisie Dobbs’ first assignment for the British Secret Service takes her undercover to Cambridge as a professor—and leads …
ARC Review: Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris
Regency London, 1812: How do you set about solving a murder that no one can reveal has been committed?
Sebastian St. Cyr finds himself in the realm of international intrigue when he investigates the murder of …
Passport France: Mary, Mary, quite contrary…Three Marys and a French Connection
This post started out as a funny query that went something like this:Day: I know you love history, want to focus on Mary of France for Passport: France?Noa: Mary Tudor (Queen of France), Mary Queen …
Month of Love Review: Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
R.S.V.P. to the most riotous wedding of the year . . .
Lucy Jorik is the daughter of a former president of the United States.
Meg Koranda is the offspring of legends.
One of them is about to …
Month of Love Special Edition: Historical Romances… A Few Things We Would Prefer Not To Read
*This post includes adult themes so …
go away if you aren’t allowed to read historical romances*
Confession time: I wasn’t planning on writing the following article for Month of Love. I was going to try and …
Review: The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
Such a daring escape…Their infamous adventurer father has taught Prudence Tremaine and her brother Robin to be masters of disguise. Ending up on the wrong side of the Jacobite rebellion, brother and sister flee to …
Shadowfever Release Special!
In just a few more hours it’s here!
The final book in the Fever series!
Karen Marie Moning’s Shadowfever!
We have been waiting for this book for ages – and it is on our most anticipated books of …
Review: My Fair Succubi by Jill Myles
*Book 3 in the Succubus Diaries*
*This series is not appropriate for YA or anyone with high blood pressure*
IT SUCKS TO BE HER.Living as a succubus has a bit of a learning curve, but with sexy …
Review: A Mapping of Love and Death, Jacqueline Winspear
*This is the seventh book in the Maisie Dobbs series*
*Hardcover out now, paperback version out on February 22, 2011*
August 1914. Michael Clifton is mapping the land he has just purchased in California’s beautiful Santa Ynez …
Review: Heatwave by Richard Castle
A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of …
Review: Redback by Lindy Cameron
Commander Bryn Gideon and the crack Australian ‘Redback Retrieval Team’ rescue hostages from Pacific island rebels. American journalist Scott Dreher, researching computer war-game training, uncovers links between Western government agencies and known terrorist groups.
Meanwhile ritual …
Holiday Follower Giveaway Winners!!!!!!…and Dolls Give Back results!
After much nail biting, excitement and more nail biting (seriously, we might have been more excited than our followers!) we finally have winners for the biggest giveaways we have ever done – and that is …
Lovely Latkes – Noa’s holiday speciality
Why latkes and Chanukah? Well, it has very little to do with the potato. The oil is what makes it a holiday food. Yes, this holiday is all abut the oil (where’s Paula Dean when …
Catching up with Teresa – and book trailer!
This month’s journey is a little different, but I think it’s a topic that many authors have thought about, and some may even have had one as they were starting their writing careers. I’m talking …
ARC Review: Love Letters by Katie Fforde
*This book will be released in the US on January 18th & is available in the UK now*
With the bookshop where she works about to close, Laura Horsley, in a moment of uncharacteristic recklessness, finds …
ARC Review: The Dancing Years, Cynthia Harrod Eagles
*This book will be published in the US on January 15 2011 – but is available now in the UK*
*This is book No. 33 in the series!*
The 33rd installment in the saga of the …
Passport New York: Author Jeremy Blachman shares his NY experience
Jeremy Blachman is the author of Anonymous Lawyer (Henry Holt, 2006), a novel satirizing life at a large corporate law firm. The book was called “wickedly amusing” by USA Today and “not too long” …
Passport New York: NYC Cupcake Capital of the World!
New York NY – a wonderful town!
When we decided to have a Passport: New York feature week I was thrilled. New York City is my city. I spent my childhood in Queens but still remember …
Passport New York: Author Andrew Grant visits the Dollhouse
Andrew was born in Birmingham, England. He went to school in St Albans, Hertfordshire and later attended the University of Sheffield where he studied English Literature and Drama. After graduation Andrew set up and ran …
