No Portrait in the Gilded Frame – Book Review
No Portrait in the Gilded Frame by Tudor Alexander In this coming of age story, Miriam, a young Jewish girl, discovers her love of painting, and follows her heart, from Romania to Israel to the US. Starting in the 1950’s, in a politically hostile Romania, the story is as much about finding our place… Read More No Portrait in the Gilded Frame – Book Review
Bargain Book of the Week – Dreamlander
This series highlights inexpensive, free, or discounted books to give you, dear reader, the most options on what to read. Free What if it were possible to live two very different lives in two separate worlds? What if the dreams we awaken from are the fading memories of that second life? What if one… Read More Bargain Book of the Week – Dreamlander
A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) – Book Review
Book Review of: A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) by Deanna Raybourn Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction Veronica Speedwell has just buried the last of her benefactress aunts, and is preparing to set off on a new scientific journey. Though her occupation as a scientist and lepidopterist is extremely suspicious to the general population in… Read More A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) – Book Review
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The Other Einstein – Book Review
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres, particularly when it gives us a point of view overlooked by official history. So I was really interested in the premise of The Other Einstein… which tells the story of Albert Einstein’s first wife Mileva Marić, who in 1896 is the… Read More The Other Einstein – Book Review
Drake and the Fliers – Book Review
I was kindly sent a free copy of this book by the author Allison Maruska for a review. Drake and the Fliers is a great YA urban fantasy, here is my review. After a terrible virus kills all humanity except for teenagers, Drake finds himself all alone. With his sister dead and the only other visible… Read More Drake and the Fliers – Book Review
