Book Review: The Last Romanov by Dora Levy Mossanen

LON A child of the Romanov line…

She was an orphan, ushered into the royal palace on the prayers of her majesty. Yet, decades later, her time spent in the embrace of the Romanovs haunts her still. Is she responsible for those murderous events that changed everything?

If only she can find the heir. Maybe she can put together the broken pieces of her own past. Maybe she can hold on to the love she found.

Bursting to life with the rich and glorious marvels of Imperial Russia, The Last Romanov is a magical tale of second chances and royal blood

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Teaser Tuesday 6/23/20

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday everyone! Thanks for the lovely comments about the big Afghan projects last week. Once I am able to snap some shots of the blankets. I will. I got them both mostly finished but need to finish weaving in ends and little details like that. Also need to decide how I am going to take pictures of such massive blankets, lol. Hope everyones week has started off well, can’t complain about mine so far. Although the fires here are worrisome, I am well out of their path though. Onto this weeks Teaser… I am behind on my reading again whoops. Read more

Teaser Tuesday 6/16/20

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday everyone! Here we are with another crazy week behind us in 2020. Sometimes it feels like we are on a soap opera here lately. At least things here in my home have been pretty relaxed. I am almost finished with a huge afghan crochet project I have been working on. I love the pattern, but I am honestly kinda ready to be done with this one, lol. Anyone else feel that way about things sometimes? Here we go with the Teaser… Read more

Teaser Tuesday 6/9/20

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday everyone! I hope everyone’s week started off ok. One of the mountains here is on fire due to lightning strike. At this point I don’t think I would be surprised to see a T-rex when I looked out my window. In a bright side moment, I am almost done with the second of two massive afghans. Onto the Teaser… Read more

Teaser Tuesday 6/2/20

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday everyone! What a difference a week makes, I would say events are pretty intense right now. I hope that all of you are safe from  harm. I may live in AZ now but I am a born and raised MN girl and grew up directly in one of the highest hit riot areas in St.Paul. My Mom still lives only about 10 mins away from that area and I have many friends nearby. All are okay, thankfully. AZ has been hit with riots as well mostly in Phoenix, the Gov. put us under a week long 8pm curfew order, so that has been interesting.

Most of all I feel the need to say, I truly hope this time we start to see some much needed REAL change in this country. It never should have gotten this far. Where police officers sworn to protect and serve, felt comfortable enough to murder a man in broad daylight in front of bystanders while being filmed, and knowing they were being filmed. I stand with George Floyd and all the other POC who have come before him. I strive everyday to use my white privilege for good, and will continue to do so, because Black Lives Matter.

Stepping away from the very serious issues now to bring you this weeks Teaser.

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Teaser Tuesday 5/25/20

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday everyone! I hope you had a good holiday weekend. Memorial day is always fairly quiet for me, pay respects to our soldiers etc. I did get my crojo (crochet mojo) back after a couple of days off from it, so that’s good. Played around with the sewing machine a lot and whipped up a bunch of things. I admit I didn’t read much (bad of me I know), but I am resolved to finish The Widow of Windsor this week. In the meantime…you get another teaser from it, LOL. Read more

Book Review: The Jewel of St. Petersburg (The Russian Concubine #0) by Kate Furnivall

 

LONJewel of St. Petersburg: Russia, 1910. Valentina Ivanova is the darling of St. Petersburg’s elite aristocracy-until her romance with a Danish engineer creates a terrible scandal and her parents push her into a loveless engagement with a Russian count.

Meanwhile, Russia itself is bound for rebellion. With the Tsar and the Duma at each other’s throats, and the Bolsheviks drawing their battle lines, the elegance and opulence of Tsarist rule are in their last days. And Valentina will be forced to make a choice that will change not only her own life, but the lives of those around her forever…

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Teaser Tuesday 5/19/20

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday everyone! Hope you are all doing well. I have to say my goodness about all the typos last week. Had on some longer fake nails on and wasn’t watching as close as I should have. I finished the first of two monster crochet gifts over the weekend, and boy did I feel accomplished about it. Now I am slacking about going back to work on the second one. It’s about 1/4 of the way done. Looking at the second one though, I just kind of don’t want to crochet. I haven’t had the feeling in a long time, but I know it will pass. In the meantime maybe I can catch up on my reading…so here comes the teaser! Read more

Teaser Tuesday 5/12/20

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday everyone! I hope everyone had a good week last week. Mine was pretty good. I got a lot done. I have been slowly but surely feeling better with my firbo. With that said I need to remember not to over do it just because I feel better, otherwise I end up feeling not great again. Yay life with fibro. I cooked a lot last week which made the roomie do a dance. I am so happy to have an intsant pot and an air fryer. Read more

Teaser Tuesday 5/5/20

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday everyone! Happy May! Excuse any mistakes in this weeks post I’m doing it from my phone. The charger on my laptop died and the new one will be a bit on its arrival. Otherwise the week is good so far yesterday was my 37th bday! Ack I feel old typing that lol. Anyways on to the teaser… Read more

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