Book Review: Dust Child, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Historical Fiction: Dust Child, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Blog Tour, May 5, 2023 Dust Child is an absolutely exquisite, breathtaking work. With soaring prose and searing words, author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai takes the agonies of war and the struggles of those damaged by the war […]
Book Review: Black as She’s Painted, An Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mystery, William Savage Historical Fiction/Mystery: Black as She’s Painted, An Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mystery, William Savage Blog Tour February 10, 2023 Black as She’s Painted is an absolutely delightful mystery set in the Norwich, England of many long years ago. Part of a series […]
Book Review: The Gifts, Liz Hyder Historical Fiction The Gifts, Liz Hyder Blog Tour October 19th, 2022 Victorian London was very different from our world. Sewage running through the streets. Surgery without anesthetic. Women locked into strictly prescribed roles. Wings bursting out from random people. Definitely not the sort of world we live in. […]
Book Review: The Mensch, Alex Cohen Book 7, Leopold Borstinski Historical Fiction: The Mensch, Alex Cohen Book 7, Leopold Borstinski Blog Tour September 12, 2022 Alex Cohen is trying to retire. He has divested himself from most of his illegal businesses. He has moved to Florida where he is surrounded by family. He is trying […]
Book Review: Maisie Dobbs, Maisie Dobbs Book 1, Jaqueline Winspear Mystery: Maisie Dobbs, Maisie Dobbs Book 1, Jaqueline Winspear Every so often I run across an older book or series that makes me question my reading choices from years gone by. Maisie Dobbs is one of those books. Jacqueline Winspear’s protagonist is a private […]
Book Review: The Restless Crucible, Yaw Agawu-Kakraba Literary Fiction/Historical Fiction: The Restless Crucible, Yaw Agawu-Kakraba I really don’t know what I was expecting from this book. Going into it, I vaguely knew that it was about a black Brazilian slave who had aspired to become a slave-trader himself. I met the author at […]
Book Review: The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen Literary Fiction: The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen The Sympathizer is extraordinary. Considering all of the awards it won, including the Pulitzer Prize, that is hardly a revelation. Still, reading it for yourself drives home the power and emotion that earned it the many accolades it has received. […]
Book Review: The Garden of Angels, David Hewson Book Review: The Garden of Angels, David Hewson Blog Tour: March 5, 2021 Paolo Uccello is dying. Having used his years building up the fortunes of the family’s Venice-based weaving business, he has one last thing to do: Tell his story. His grandson Nico […]
Book Review: Love and Other Consolation Prizes, Jamie Ford Book Review: Love and Other Consolation Prizes, Jamie Ford I went into this novel with no previous information, only knowing that the author Jamie Ford would be visiting my hometown next month (Schlow Library, State College, PA, September 21, 2019). I came away with the […]
