Author: Hannah
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Top 3 Tips for Preparing for your Final Exams
Top 3 Tips for Preparing for your Final Exams Number of circled questions / number of days left to study = number of questions to study per day Hopefully these tips to prepare for your final exams will help you! Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Read more
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Top 3 Things To Do in the Middle of the Semester
Congrats, you’re halfway through the semester!! Hopefully things are going well. If not, here’s what to do: 1. Check your grades carefully to make sure everything looks right. Teachers are humans too- typos happen 🙂 If not, respectfully email your teacher with your first and last name, course name, and “Questions about Assignments (fill in… Read more
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Wives of War by Soraya M. Lane
Wives of War follows the lives of three British nurses throughout World War II and after, which makes this novel unique. Here’s the setup- “Three women. A friendship to last a lifetime… London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the… Read more
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What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
I first heard of What the Wind Knows from an Instagram account called @Meagansbookclub, that I really trust for recommendations. At first, I didn’t want to read this because I tend to avoid magical realism, but I’m so glad I took a chance on it! I read it a few weeks ago now and I… Read more
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The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly
In The Golden Doves, a refreshingly post-WWII historical fiction novel, Martha Hall Kelly shines her light on how efficient the Nazi “ratline” out of Europe through Italy and on to South America was. One of the main characters is a Nazi hunter (although for different reasons than you might expect). The other is a mother… Read more
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The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
The Indigo Girl is an inspiring story of how a 16-year old girl brought wealth to the colony of South Carolina. Of course I knew that indigo was an important crop in colonial South Carolina, due to South Carolina history class, but I had no idea that a woman masterminded growing it! Eliza Lucas (later… Read more
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The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton
The Cuban Heiress combined one of my favorite genres- historical fiction and mystery! Cleeton loosely tells the story of the disaster cruise of the opulent Morro Castle returning to New York from Cuba, in the midst of the Great Depression. Cleeton weaves a fascinating story that is un-put-downable. It is different from her other books, but… Read more
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What I’ve Been Reading Lately- Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island and Foster the Family
Along with Foster the Family by Jamie C. Finn, I’ve also been reading Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island by Susan M. Boyer. I loved both!! Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island is the start of a new series for Boyer. I really enjoyed her first series, and this one is also un-put-downable! I attended Susan’s launch… Read more
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Demon Copperhead Book Flight
I read Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver as part of M. Judson’s 2023 Reading Challenge (a re-telling of a classic). Demon Copperhead is a very loose re-telling of David Copperfield. Demon (Damon) is a child who ends up in foster care after his mom dies of an overdose. His step-father is abusive, so he did not want… Read more
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Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson
It was delightful to see Kaz and Ruby Sutton from Picture Weekly again in Coronation Year. I first heard their (fictional) stories in Good Night From London by Jennifer Robson, set during the Blitz, which is one of my all-time favorites. Coronation Year was also fabulous. The Blue Lion serves as a unique vantage point… Read more