The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (September 20, 2016) Reading Sara Rating: 8/10; Good book! (seriously, good!) Reading Sara Review: This book varied so much from Donoghue’s novel Room that without knowing the author previously, it would have been impossible to tell that they are written by… Read More The Wonder – Book Review
Title: From a Paris Balcony Author: Ella Carey Publishers: Lake Union Publishing (October 11, 2016) Format: Kindle, Paperback Pages: 290 Genre: Fiction – Contemporary/Romance What’s it about? “From a Paris Balcony”… Read More From a Paris Balcony – Book Review
I read The Paper Magician basically in two days. I got the Kindle version, probably at some kind of a discount because that’s the only time I buy ebooks. I was drawn to the artful cover of the book, with the woman in her Mary Poppins-style dress and umbrella. Knowing nothing about the book… Read More The Paper Magician – Book Review
Title: The Help Author: Kathryn Stockett Publisher: Penguin Books Set in the 60’s when civil unrest was at its height, Martin Luther King was making his famous speech, and black Americans began to make a stand, even at great personal risk. Jackson, Mississippi is a seat of KKK power, and working… Read More The Help – Book Review
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard Series: Something Strange and Deadly #1 Rating: 4 stars Published: July 24th 2012 Goodreads Synopsis: There’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia. . . . Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and… Read More Something Strange and Deadly – Book Review
“An Untamed Land” by Lauraine Snelling Christian values and 1880’s Dakota Territory combine in this inspirational story. Roald and Ingeborg, Carl and Kaaren, two young couples from Norway emigrate together to America in order to take advantage of the homesteading opportunities in North Dakota. Just getting there almost costs Kaaren her life, but they have… Read More An Untamed Land – Book Review
The Reluctant Duchess Author: Roseanna M. White Paperback: 400 Pages Series: Ladies of the Manor (Book 2) Publisher: (April 5, 2016) Blurb: Will Fleeing the Scottish Highlands Only Leave Her in More Danger? Lady Rowena Kinnaird may be the heiress to a Highland earldom, but she’s never felt good enough–not for her father,… Read More The Reluctant Duchess – Book Review
A Sense of Sin by Elizabeth Essex My Rating: Five out of Five Hearts Spice Level: Four out of Five Kisses Blurb A LADY WITH A SECRET The Ravishing Miss Burke has everything a young lady could want–beauty, status and suitors lined up just to beg for her hand. Until a blackmailer from her past… Read More A Sense of Sin – Book Review
Title: Alex & Eliza Author: Melissa de la Cruz Publication Date: April 11, 2017 Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, Young Adults Format: ARC copy provided by the publisher 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ grand ball.
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. This novel is a debut and the lady who wrote it is a) younger than me, and b) under 30. So massive props to Hannah Kent. Secondly, this was a manuscript that publishers came to her for. Not vice versa. That’s pretty much unheard of for a debut novel.… Read More Burial Rites – Book Review
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