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Hello Everyone, Book Title: The Winter Ghosts Author: Kate Mosse Series: Standalone Genre: Adult Fiction,Historical Fiction Publisher: Putnam Page Count: 300 Type of Book: Hardback, Owned Trigger warnings: ghosts, war, death, cold, grief/depression Notes: The town Nuelle in the book is fictional however the story is based on real events Goodreads Summary: By the author … Continue reading Book Review: The Winter Ghosts
Hello Everyone, Not the best cover but not the worst! Book Title: The Far Pavilions Author: MM Kaye Series: Book One of Two Genre: Adult Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Romance Publisher: St. Martins Press Page Count: 1000 Goodreads Summary: A magnificent romantic/historical/adventure novel set in India at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavilions is a … Continue reading Book Review: The Far Pavilions
Hello Everyone, Book Title: A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice Author: Rebecca Connolly Series: Standalone Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing Page Count: 320 Date Published: April 5th, 2022 Goodreads Summary: Based on the remarkable true story of the Carpathia—the one ship and her legendary captain who answered the distress call of the sinking Titanic. Shortly … Continue reading Netgalley Review: A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice
Title: Kanada Author: Eva Wiseman Series: standalone Genre: YA, Middle Grade, Historical Publisher: Penguin Random House Page Count: 300 Goodreads Summary: Kanada. The name meant untold riches and promise to Jutka, a young Hungarian girl who was captivated by stories of a vast, majestic country where people were able to breathe free of hatred and … Continue reading Book Review: Kanada
Hello Everyone, Book Title: A Suffragette in Time Author: Connie Lacy Genre: Historical, Romance Publisher: Wild Falls Publishing Page Count: ? Series: Standalone ? (I think it's part of a series but unsure however it works well as a Standalone.) Book Summary: A compelling time travel historical Thrown back in time to the 1850s, Sarah … Continue reading Netgalley Review: A Suffragette in Time
Hello Everyone, Two Netgalley reviews in a month? Who is this girl and where has she been all this time? 🤔 Anyhoo... The Dead of False Creek is a twisty murder mystery not quite involving time travel. I say "not quite" because no one actually goes back in time. Instead two people communicate through a … Continue reading Netgalley Review: The Dead of False Creek
Hello everyone, I've got quite the hefty tbr going and so I thought I'd share some that I'm looking forward to reading here soon (I hope!). In no particular order these books are high on my wishlist to read: A historical fiction piece about a group of men surviving in Alaska while the leader's wife … Continue reading History or Mystery? Top Six Books On My TBR
Book One Into the Wilderness by Sara Donatti. This is described as a ambitious sequel to one of my favorite classics The Last of the Mohiacns, though you don’t need to read that to read this. Written back in 1998, after Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, this is one of my top five historical fiction romance books. … Continue reading Start of a Series Book Review: Into the Wilderness
Hello friends, The Trouble We Keep by Cara Devlin is a historical second chance romance. It has a strong start, and keeps up the pace throughout the entire book. I liked the main character, Emma, as she strives to survive pregnant, alone and searching for her wayward brother. While this was christian fiction, it didn’t … Continue reading Netgalley Review: The Trouble We Keep
On Wilder Seas by Nikki Marmery is a strange yet intriguing retelling of the Golden Hind. I don’t know anything about the original story, and the book itself was strongly written, with realistic characters, and a fascinating history of the ship and the people on it. In truth, I’m unsure of how to write this … Continue reading Netgalley Review: On Wilder Seas
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