Category: Book Reviews
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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
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New Puppy!
There is nothing quite like reading with a puppy curled up on your feet. We adopted a dog this week, and he is the smartest, calmest puppy. (So far) he’s been easy to train- we’ve almost gotten him house-trained, and we’re working on no jumping right now. My husband and I read The Art of Raising… Read more
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The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson
In The Little Wartime Library, The Covid-19 pandemic spurs an eighty-eight year old to tell her granddaughters about how she practically grew up underground in the tube in London during WWII Luftwaffe bombing raids. “The underground” had a whole village living below the surface of Bethnal Green, including a hairdresser, a nursery, nurses, and a… Read more
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
I’ve been meaning to read And Then There Were None forever…and did not expect it to be so creepy. I kept going back to the nursery rhyme at the beginning to see if I could guess who the culprit was, but couldn’t. I definitely recommend reading this in paperback or ebook so you can flip… Read more
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A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
A Girl Called Samson is based on a true story about a girl who disguised herself as a man to serve in the Continental Army in the American Revolution. Samson (known as Robert Shurtliff in the army) served as an aide to General John Paterson (who mainly fought in New York and Philadelphia). Don’t skip… Read more