Book Review: Boleyn Traitor | Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory is a master of crafting intriguing political intrigue out of real-world figures from Tudor English history. Does she take liberties? Experts say a resounding yes…
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Book Review:: Circle of Days | Ken Follett
Put yourself in the shoes (or lack of them) of our ancestors. Those tribes of people who came before us. Living in rudimentary societies, living off of…
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Book Review:: Buckeye | Patrick Ryan
What can I say about this stunning novel except that it will move you. It is a story of life, love and war, family and community, marriage,…
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Book Review:: At Last | Marisa Silver
At Last is a new slower-paced saga style novel from Marisa Silver that follows the connecting of two families through the marriage of their children. It’s an…
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Book Review:: The Hounding | Xenobe Purvis
The Hounding is a new novel by Xenobe Purvis full of mysticism, skepticism, and general uproar over rumor and gossip that will have consequences for an entire…
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Book Review:: Greenwich | Kate Broad
Greenwich is a bit of an odd book that isn’t easy to slot into conventional genre conventions. As a millennial, it’s hard for me to call this…
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Book Review:: The Gravedigger’s Almanac | Oliver Potzsch
If you have any interest in exploring some of the earliest practices of modern criminology, this is the mystery for you! Oliver Potzsch’s newest release, The Gravedigger’s…
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Book Review:: Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame | Olivia Ford
Bake off, but make it bookish! Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame is the cozy adventure of a lithe septuagenarian ready to take a little piece of the…
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Book Review:: Whale Fall | Elizabeth O’Connor
In the years between the Great Wars, two unexpected things happen on a remote Welsh island: a whale washes ashore, and two English stenographers arrive. For a…
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Book Review:: Babylonia | Costanza Casati
Ancient history fascinates me. Getting to read such vibrant and extensively-researched fictional interpretations like this one is such a treat. Babylonia is the story of a girl…