Three Maids for a Crown: A Novel of the Grey Sisters by Ella March Chase

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was a FirstReads win!

I absolutely fell into this book when it came, dove headfirst into the story of the three sisters Grey and didn't come up for air again until I was done. I love historical novels that come about history from a different perspective. Since not much was ever recorded of the Grey sisters thoughts and emotions surrounding the reign of Lady Jane and the years after except for pieces of letters preserved, I thought the author did a wonderful job of trying to "think" like a woman of those times and bringing them to life.

I still think that Lady Jane wasn't as innocent of what was going on as portrayed in this take on things, but her family most certainly did manipulate her into a situation that quite simply led to her demise, as well as their own. She would have been helpless to prevent her own family for using her against their own advancement and desire of control of the crown. The echoes of that action reverberated throughout her sisters life and one follows the book almost wishing, just once, that a magic wand could be waved and history rewritten in the amazing job the characters do to bring you right into how it might have felt to be thrust into situations beyond control and beyond imagining nowadays.

A wonderful read, would most certainly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys that period of time.



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Erg, when you're not looking...Life Happens!

Seriously, I really want to kinda work on my blog. Dues to some major life changes it may possibly be a bit easier now. In a months time I have lost a job, got a job, moved a kid, found a new apartment for myself to move into, started packing/sorting and got a kid back to school.

Big changes and a bit more free time for trying to pursue the things i want to, like blogging. I want to get back into the habit of writing, enjoying writing again and improving on it as well.

Maybe this won't be what i had envisioned a year ago as being more of a humor based thing, but that's ok. It will be a bit more like me. An odd mish-mash of amusements and the very decidedly weird things I tend to find online and off.

Right now, I get to start working at home, brand new experience for me though I have a feeling even with being busy nights now that I will have a bit more time before and after school to connect with the aforementioned teenager. They are such strange alien creatures as it is that finding some common things to go and enjoy will be fun. She has been talking about wanting to go bowling a bunch lately. We might try that instead of doing things like movies (that really doesn't allow for communication) or shopping (which requires moolah).

So, now, each night I will be locked up in my tower and spinning...wait... not my story. *hehe*

I have set aside a place in the bedroom to get a cheapie desk into and a chair for an in home office area away from TV and noise, my laptop comes tomorrow to get it set up, lots of fun with signatures and documents and then the fun begins right off the bat.

I am glad I have this opportunity, loosing a job with such little warning set me into a tailspin. Going into work to be told that I could either work full time or part time in a new location that is 50+ miles away was a bit of a shock. I just didn't see it coming and the commute was a huge shift. The cost of gas alone and time spent on the road made it a non-option for me. Thankfully, the company had a work at home position with the Afterhours team. I jumped on it since at the very least it means money coming in while I readjust and look around for a new job. The more I get into the idea though, the more I learn about the position and the possibilities, it might turn into more and a better option. At home, I am at least available for the kidlet and to get things done like dentist/doctor/etc.

So yeah, a bit jazzed.
Just a bit.
A weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bit.
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Ok, done bouncing around now and all. :)

I really can't wait to get moved next month. I will have movers for the first time ever, so not much of the heavy lifting will fall to me. With a weeks overlap as well, I get time to actually clean and spruce up the old place before turning it back over.
Plus, I will be done with roaches. Evil roaches. I hate roaches. *Shudder* No one ever warned me about those things, never had them, never want them. Sadly the place I am now is and has been infested and management has ignored the issue.

So yay for new job and new place!
Yay for changes!
Yay for life and me!