The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn & Janie Chang: Thrilling
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang is captivating and thrilling female-led historical fiction. Read my full review.
American History
Go As A River: Shelley Read’s haunting debut & movie news
Go As A River is Shelley Read’s haunting historical fiction debut novel about female grit and resilience and a movie adaptation is underway. Read my review.
The Lincoln Highway, Book Review: Amor Towles’ heroic dogma
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles is filled with characters that charm but international readers may find the anthemic Americana less beguiling. Read my full review. The Lincoln Highway Book Synopsis Two brothers venture across 1950s America to New York…
Book Review – GIRL WAITS WITH GUN by Amy Stewart
Girl Waits With Gun Synopsis : From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten, true story of one of the USA’s first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the…
THE GILDED YEARS by Karin Tanabe, Book Review
The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe is the story of one young woman who risks everything to earn a college degree—but the secret she hides could be her undoing. Read my full review. The Gilded Years Book Synopsis Since childhood, Anita…
Book Review – THE EDISON EFFECT by Bernadette Pajer
The Edison Effect Synopsis : Inventor Thomas Alva Edison is a ruthless businessman, intent on advancing General Electric and beating all rivals like Nikola Tesla and Westinghouse. Edison has agents in place in Seattle but he’s come himself in pursuit of…
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert, Review: A celebration
Elizabeth Gilbert’s epic The Signature of All Things celebrates history’s inquiring minds and the unwavering strength, willpower and quiet sacrifice women have made in society across all vocations. The Signature of All Things Synopsis: 5th January 1800. Alma Whittaker is born into a…
THE STREET SWEEPER by Elliot Perlman, Review: Remarkable
Epic in scope, Elliot Perlman’s The Street Sweeper is a remarkable feat of storytelling. The Street Sweeper Synopsis: How breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so far away. From the civil rights struggle in the United States…
FATAL INDUCTION by Bernadette Pajer, Review
Fatal Induction, A Professor Bradshaw Mystery Synopsis Seattle, 1901. The race to win an electrical competition incites Professor of Electrical Engineering Benjamin Bradshaw’s obsession for invention in the second entry this exciting historical series. The contest winner’s telephonic system will deliver…
Rules of Civility, Book Review: Amor Towles’ captivating debut
Rules of Civility, Amor Towles’ wonderful debut was an international bestseller. Read my book review to find out why and learn about the latest on the anticipated movie release. Rules of Civility Book Synopsis Set in New York City in 1938, Rules…
LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN by Colum McCann, Book Review
Let the Great World Spin Synopsis In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running,…
