Tag: historical fiction
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Book Review: A Christmas Puzzle by Jessica Baker
What a lovely Christmas surprise this was! Picking up after Book 3, we follow Thea and her family at Christmastime… but it isn’t all merriment for Thea…
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Book Review: The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris by Daisy Wood
There are a lot of appealing subjects in this book for me: WWII, Paris, and a bookshop. Needless to say, I was instantly drawn in by the cover and title…
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Book Review: The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
Of all of the Greek mythology retellings, The Shadow of Perseus has been my favorite. I am inexplicably drawn to these stories even though they make me realize how little I actually know of their origins…
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Book Review: Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River by Emily J. Edwards
This is an instance where I knew I was jumping into the second book of the series without reading the first (which was not yet published at the time I requested this one), so if I’m off the mark that’s completely on me…
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Book Review: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
I’ll be honest. I wanted to read this book because the cover is gorgeous. I paid minimum attention to the synopsis until later when I was discussing it with the person I ended up buddy-reading it with. Once I fully realized what it was about and where it was set, I was 100% sold…
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Book Review: The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
I always get excited when I see a new Marie Benedict book. She always picks such interesting (and perhaps lesser-known) women to write about…
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Book Review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is such a touching, human story about the ups and downs of friendship. It’s been a long time since I’ve been so deeply captivated by a storyline…
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Book Review: After the Blue, Blue Rain by A. D. Price
I am admittedly someone who judges books by their covers. The cover of this book drew me in instantly, and more or less, it lived up to the intrigue presented…
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Book Review: The Undertaker’s Assistant by Amanda Skenandore
As far as I can remember, this is the first book I’ve read that focuses specifically on a time surrounding the Civil War (at least since I was a kid). I’m not sure why I haven’t gravitated to this time period before because it was such an intriguing time in American history…
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Book Review: Her Last Betrayal by Pam Lecky
WWII stories involving MI5 are among my favorite sources of media at the moment, so I was incredibly excited when I received this book. It turned out to be just okay…