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"The morning of Josie's funeral was cloudless and knife-sharp, one of those bitter spring days that comes sandwiched between warmer ones and reminds you not to grow accustomed to good things. I was leaning against my car, face to the sun, trying to breathe, when Mark pulled into a spot near mine. I turned and watched as he got out of the car. He wore the scarf Chris and I had gotten him for his last birthday, soft dark blue cashmere, and my heart slammed inside my chest: that beautiful scarf still existed, warm as a blanket, and Josie was gone." http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com Netgalley

Usually, I love Historical fiction. So I looked forward to this one especially since it takes place in London. Weirdly enough I also like pickpockets. That's why I liked Lilah. It didn't matter that her sister, Fiona, died. I didn't think Fee and secretary school was a fit for the time and place. I liked Viscount Palmer. I enjoyed his love moves on Lilah. Still, the bantering dialogue didn't seem smooth to me. I especially liked reading about the beautiful items in the auction house and in Buckley Hall. I liked Cathy Everleigh as well. The stolen love letters and Lilah trying to match Palmer with Cathy Everleigh just fell apart for me. And again the dialogue just seemed jerky.

http://bermudaonion.wordpress.com A medieval map of the world. oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/mappemonde "We found a Flemish mappemonde that sent her into ecstasies. Why, a full hour passed before she found another reason to scold me." dactylic    pentameter is a form of meter in poetry. The dactyls, which is made of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables, is repeated five times to create a pentameter line. google.com/search?q=dactylic "Your name sounds like a poem! IZZZZabellll APPLEbaum!" She trilled it. "It's dactylic!" she whispered, and kissed me on the cheek with an actual mwaaah, then moved on to hug Chris, who looked like he was being asked for directions to Neptune. planchettes   a small board supported on casters, typically heart-shaped and fitted with a vertical pencil, used for automatic writing and in seances. google.com/search?q=define+planchettes& "Scores of mediu

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com I finished Only with Blood by Therese Down. Now I'm reading Lady Be Good by Meredith Duran and Balm by Dolen Perkins-Valdez.

Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/3119/Before_you_knew_you_owned_it

"It was cold. Frost stopped the breath of the land, seized the breath of those who moved upon it. Winter would come early and it would be harsh. Jack Flynn thanked God for a good harvest, for the cows would need early hay. Lately, he felt more keenly the pain of rheumatism in his hands. This creeping infirmity and a cough which daily grew fiercer were insistent reminders to Flynn that he could no longer put off marriage if her were to have sons to inherit his land. The alternative of selling to strangers the land his great-grandfather had purchased over a hundred years before was unthinkable. And so, this evening in 1943 at the age of forty-three, though he would rather have faced any kind of physical test of his courage, he put on his only suit and set off on foot towards the village of Dunane and the house of Malachai Brett, the matchmaker." bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com

At my apartment, this has been the year of the marigolds. I bought two pots of yellow marigolds in the spring. One pot of them died. The second pot of marigolds is still doing well. Although I would like to have bigger blossoms.  I have heard marigolds are easy to grow. So, I decided to look up a few tips about growing these flowers. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/care-french-marigolds-containers-68255.html   Any pointers you might have would help. By the way, are marigolds perennials or annuals?