Category: books
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Book review: Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Sunshine by Robin McKinley My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really dislike vampire novels. I find them clichéd and silly (other than Bram Stoker’s Dracula, of course). And, if it weren’t for the fact that Robin McKinley is one of my favorite fantasy writers, I wouldn’t have read this one either.But I’m glad I…
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Book review: “Wintering” by Katherine May
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May My rating: 4 of 5 stars We all have times when our preferred action is to crawl into a dark hole and never come out again. Grey skies and cold, dreary weather makes us even more likely to burrow. In “Wintering,” the…
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Book review: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have never read anything by Sarah Maas before, but this book looked interesting and so I thought I’d give it a try. I am so glad I did! The book is best described as a romance tucked inside…
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Book review: Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose
Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the first novel in a mystery series with an interesting premise. The hero, Lord Wrexford, is a member of the aristocracy and very scientifically minded. The heroine, A.J. Quill, is a satirical artist, who seems to know facts about…
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Book review: The Secret Lives of Codebreakers by Sinclair McKay
The Secret Lives of Codebreakers: The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay My rating: 3 of 5 stars You have to set your expectations when reading this book. First and foremost, the author is British, so, not surprisingly, Bletchley Park and the contributions by the British codebreakers…
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Book review: The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman by Brian Holden-Reid
The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman by Brian Holden-Reid My rating: 4 of 5 stars The author of this book has a definite viewpoint, which is that William Tecumseh Sherman got a bad rap and was not the savage butcher and scourge of the South that he has been portrayed to…
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Book review: Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James
Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book (the first in the series) has a very clever premise. Bookwanderers are those readers who have the ability to actually wander into a book and “live out” the book’s experiences. Tilly is one of those fortunate to have the ability…
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Book review: Death in Focus by Anne Perry
Death in Focus by Anne Perry My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve been a fan of Anne Perry’s for a long time, and I was delighted to see that she had a new series. This is the debut novel of the Elena Standish mystery series. And while the book is a debut novel of…