The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay Rating 4 stars – a tale about books and finding your way in the world The Secret of Lost Things is about… Rosemary Savage; a Tasmanian girl of just 18 who finds herself alone in New York City and immersed in the strange happenings at an arcane bookshop. The Arcade is a second hand bookstore frequented by serious collectors and staffed by a group of eccentric and eclectic individuals,...

Matrimony by Josh Henkin I haven’t been around for the Sunday Salon in recent weeks so I thought I’d make up for my absence by offering a giveaway. I was lucky enough to win a copy of Josh Henkin’s Matrimony in a giveaway a few months back – and now Josh is offering up a signed copy of the soon to be released paperback to one of Blue Archipelago’s visitors. Here’s a description of the book: It is 1987,...

I headed over to random.org to have it pick the winner of my little giveaway – and it chose lucky commenter number 3! Cheryl - can you email me please at clareswindlehurst @ gmail . com to let me know your address and I’ll get the book in the post – I’d love to know what you thought of it if you’d be so kind to drop a note in the comments when you’ve read it Thanks for entering everyone. ps...

Hello Saloners, it’s a lovely sunny day here so thanks for stopping by for a visit. Its been a busy week; I’ve started a new job so haven’t had much time for reading unfortunately – but I have managed to finish up 26a and start The we Came to the End – so all is not lost I spent most of yesterday trying to find a new wordpress theme for my Disney World planning site and nearly drove myself crazy –...

This week is BAFAB week – and many of my fellow readers are hosting fantastic giveaways on their sites. Here are the ones I have found so far: Novels Now has four ARC (Advanced Reading Copies) up for grabs Booking Mama has a copy of Coming Home to giveaway – and great guest blog by the author Janna McMahan Park Avenue Princess is making major changes to her blog to focus on more bookish things – and to celebrate is...

Nymeth is celebrating her first blog-iversary by giving away no less than five books! She has selected the following books because she loves them and wants to introduce her fellow readers to them: One for sorrow – by Christopher Barzak Tideland by Mitch Cullen I was a rat! by Phillip Pulman The watermelon king by Daniel Wallace Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Garman If you would like to win a copy of one of these books head on...