Category: historical fiction
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Book Review: The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
I blindly picked up this book only knowing it was historical fiction. I’d read Once Upon A Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry a while back and enjoyed it, so when this came up as a Book of the Month pick last year, I selected it without even glancing at the synopsis…
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Book Review: The Third Wife of Faraday House by B.R. Myers
The summary of this book gave me Daphne Du Maurier vibes right off the bat. A gothic mansion secluded when the tide comes in and wives dying under suspicious circumstances? Yes, please…
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Book Review: War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
When I started The Winds of War, I told myself I wasn’t going to get so invested that I went on to War and Remembrance. Where the action had significantly picked up at the end of book one, I found myself not only invested, be eager to read book two. The beginning of the book maintained the…
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Book Review: Sisters of the Sky by Lana Kortchik
I’ve been waiting not so patiently for 2024 to begin so I could read this book without the December busyness. It was worth the wait and it was such a good read to kick off my reading year…
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Top 5: Books I read in 2023
This year has gone by both quickly and slowly and in a blur for some reason. I can’t say it was a year of my most cherished and memorable reads, but there have been some new favorites along the way…
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Book Review: Wendy, Darling by A.C. Wise
I’ve never actually read Peter Pan and have only seen the play and Disney versions a couple of times, however, I enjoy Peter Pan retellings for some reason. Wendy, Darling has been on my TBR since reading Darling Girl. I can see that this is where some inspiration might have come from for that book, but it didn’t hit me quite the…
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Book Review: A Home for Christmas by Kerry Evelyn
I’ve been waiting since August to read this one! My physical copy is the most adorable little book I own and the content inside was equally as cute. Whole truth: I am completely unfamiliar with the series this novella is based off of (which I intend to change!), but already I love Daisy Mae (Meemaw)…
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Book Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
I don’t think I will ever find a book Ruta Sepetys has written that I don’t adore. Her books have set my expectations for all historical fiction astronomically high that I’m at the point where I’m okay if she’s the only historical fiction author I ever read again…
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Book Review: The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford
In the beginning, this was shaping up to be a five-star read for me. I procrastinated reading it because I didn’t want it to end. I started this on a trip to Memphis which felt fitting with the country music themes of the book and liked it so much that I didn’t want to read…
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Book Review: The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
Honestly, I could spend the entirety of this review simply gushing over the prose to the point where I want to learn Spanish just so I can see if the original words are even more beautiful than the translation. This is the second book by Antonio Iturbe I’ve read and it didn’t disappoint…