Available on May 27th Empire Girls Meet Rose and Ivy Adams, two country girls in New York City on a quest. When the death of their father comes with news of an elder brother who is to inherit, two sisters who never see eye-to-eye must put aside their differences in order to secure their future. ***2.5/5 stars Recommended readers: If you’re the 1920s Jazz and … Continue reading Book Review: Empire Girls
Leaving Everything Most Loved: A Maisie Dobbs Novel is available now ****4/5 stars The 10th novel of bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs series finds Maisie at a major crossroads while investigating the death of an Indian governess. If you haven’t yet discovered Maisie Dobbs, do. She’s part guru, part Sherlock Holmes, and all British. Recommended readers: For lovers of detective and mystery novels, especially with … Continue reading Review: Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear
Book 8 of the Outlander Series, Written in my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon releases on June 10th! Preorder now Remember that seven-book series you read voraciously over years because they only come out every few years? Remember trying to fill the void in between with things that just didn’t quite compare? Well, the wait is nearly over for all you Outlander nuts out there, and here … Continue reading Let’s Review: Outlander Series
Available now: A Hundred Summers ****4/5 stars Hailed as the beach read of the summer, A Hundred Summers centers around Lily Dane, a reluctant New York Socialite who escapes to the seaside community of her childhood each summer. In the summer of 1938, the past follows her home and changes everything. Recommended readers: If you like a little suspense with your romance… if you like the … Continue reading Fiction Review: A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
Available now: Lady of Devices: A steampunk adventure novel (Magnificent Devices) ****3.5/5 stars Welcome to semi-alternate universe Victorian England, where girls attend university and conduct scientific experiments, but it’s nonetheless trade and commerce vs. social standing as usual. It’s Bloods vs. Wits, petroleum vs. steam, and things are really coming to a head. Caught in the middle is 17-year-old Claire Trevelyan, a Blood of considerable wit, small … Continue reading Steampunk Review: Lady of Devices
Courtesy of Amazon Recommendations, I recently came across a steampunk novel, and found myself thinking, what is steampunk, anyway? I had a sort of general idea in the fashion sense — think slutty halloween costume from Spencer’s– but I guess I had no idea that it has become its own movie and literary genre. (Thank you, google.) Sidenote: To be fair, this is coming from someone who … Continue reading Coming soon: steampunk, anyone?
Rules of Civility: A Novel on sale now *****5/5 stars It’s New Years Eve, on the dawn of 1938. A chance encounter in a Greenwich bar leads Katey Kontent on a ride to the top of New York Society with the engaging Tinker Grey—but will he stay there with her? Recommended readers: For anyone who enjoys getting totally lost in a time and place of … Continue reading Fiction Review: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Elizabeth Gilbert’s The Signature of all Things is available now ****4/5 stars Join Elizabeth Gilbert on a foray through the world of Alma Whittaker, where turn-of-the-century science meets mystic faith. Can one overwhelm the other? Recommended readers: If you loved Eat Pray Love… If you hated Eat Pray Love… If you never even read Eat Pray Love…this book is still for you. It is different and … Continue reading Fiction Review: The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Take no heed of her… She reads a lot of books. – Jasper Forde, The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel Continue reading Take no heed…
For sale now: Beautiful Ruins: A Novel ****4/5 stars On a remote stretch of Italian coastline in 1962, a beautiful dreamer and a beautiful actress meet by accident, and become the center of a story weaving around an interconnected series of characters looking for a path to redemption– both toward and away from what they might deserve. Recommended readers: If you like a little bit of real … Continue reading Fiction Review: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
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