Tag: historical fiction
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Book Review: The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham
I’m feeling indifferent to this book. It wasn’t bad, but I didn’t find it particularly good, either. The premise is solid and promises a lot. Sadly, so much of it falls flat…
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Book Review: The Bookbinder by Pip Williams
After such a lovely experience reading The Dictionary of Lost Words, I had high anticipation for this book. I sort of regret that now as I think I set it too high in the sense I was expecting to recreate my first experience with this author two years ago. I still enjoyed the essence of the book, it…
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Book Review: In a Far-Off Land by Stephanie Landsem
Between the author and the synopsis of this book, I was super excited when I came across this book. The Old Hollywood feel jumps off the page early on in the book, granted, it highlights the darker side of show business…
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Book Review: The Royal Librarian by Daisy Wood
This is the second book by Daisy Wood I’ve read and it had all of the charm I remember from the first. With both an intriguing plot and lovable characters, it’s a lovely read…
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Book Review: The Wealth of Shadows by Graham Moore
I’m going to jump straight into this review and ask the question I’ve been asking myself from page one: Why is a book set in 1939 opening with a quote about Bitcoin? On the one hand, I understand it. The book has a focus on money, knowledge, power, wealth, etc. On the other, it set…
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Book Review: Mercury by Amy Jo Burns
I have been striving to find a quiet yet thought-provoking work of literary fiction ever since finishing Dirt Music last year. Mercury hit all the points I was hoping for and more…
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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…