Category: Book Reviews
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What to Read After the Eclipse
The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel is about the wives of the Mercury Seven astronauts finding their voice as they transformed from military wives to celebrities during the great American space race! I loved how they supported each other through this exciting and dangerous time. Here’s the setup: “As America’s Mercury Seven astronauts were… Read more
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Fearless Martha by Sheila Ingle
Fearless Martha by Sheila Ingle was a great read! Definitely read this book in print, because the illustrations are wonderful. They were drawn by John Ingle, Sheila’s husband. Fearless Martha begins with a brief forward, and ends with a glossary explaining colonial-era words the reader may not be familiar with. Set during the American Revolution,… Read more
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A Historical Fiction Book to Read in the Spring
A spring historical fiction book that sticks out to me is The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley. This is a worthy WWII historical fiction novel intertwined with a present-day storyline. Let me know what you think! Read more
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The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson.
I loved Kate Thompson’s earlier book, The Little Wartime Library, but The Wartime Book Club was even better! (See my review of The Little Wartime Library here). If you liked The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, you must read this inspirational tale. The heaviness of occupied… Read more
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The Lindbergh Nanny
The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks, a historical fiction novel, reads like a thriller–even though you probably know the ending. This story of baby Lindbergh’s kidnapping is told from the perspective of Betty Gow, the baby’s nurse. From the beginning of the book, you get the sense that she might be an unreliable narrator (which… Read more
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Yesterday’s Tides by Roseanna M. White
Yesterday’s Tides features a family owned and operated inn on Ocracoke as a character throughout this dual timeline story. The inn and its family weather literal and figurative storms, and wartime with grace. Evie, the main character of the World War 2 timeline, fashioned jewelry and artwork from found pieces of sea glass, all the… Read more
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My Reading Life Lately and a TBR Spreadsheet
Right now I’m listening to All My Knotted Up Life by Beth Moore. Beth Moore narrates the audiobook, and reads section based on the earlier years in a more Arkansas twang, depicting how she would have sounded in that time. I love that. This seems to be a huge two weeks in publishing- Embers in… Read more
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Tracking Reading and TBR
I’ve been feeling the strong urge to re-organize my physical TBR (to be read), and I’m sure my husband would be glad to not have towering stacks of TBR books to trip over. We’re not even going to talk about the Kindle TBR…because I don’t even know. Any thoughts on organizing ebook TBR? I also… Read more
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Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin
A murder mystery set in the midst of the Blitz, with a little romance thrown in is perfect for this reader. I was delighted to receive an ARC of Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin! Pre-order now- out on February 6! Publisher’s Blurb: “As the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940, Aleida… Read more