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B Reviews / Book Reviewsdysfunctional family / England / English countryside / family relationships / Historical / World War IINo Comments
“There was silence. In it Janet heard the twittering of innumerable birds chatting as they settled down for the night. Some rooks cawed overhead. The baa of a sheep came from a distant field. London had been so noisy, with its crashes at night, and blastings and hammerings at smashed ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsLGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA romance / LGBTQIA+ / marriage-of-convenience / pirates / POC / POC author / politics / Sci-fi / SF / Xuya UniverseNo Comments
From the author of the Xuya universe comes a rich space opera and an intensely soft romance… When tech scavenger Xích Si is captured and imprisoned by the infamous pirates of the Red Banner, she expects to be tortured or killed. Instead, their leader, Rice Fish, makes Xích Si an ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / doctor hero / secretary / shipboard10 Comments
A glittering holiday romance set in the 1950s! Can Leonie reach the end of her voyage without losing her heart…? England, 1956 As a hardworking secretary and former nurse, Leonie Creighton has had little opportunity for adventure. So when her employer pays her to watch over his daughter, Claire Elstone, ... more >
Book Reviews / C- ReviewsArmy / Assasin Hero / Contemporary / Nazis / revenge2 Comments
In this propulsive historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Escaping Dreamland, a librarian and a professional assassin team up to solve a seventy-five-year-old Nazi mystery and stop a nefarious opponent from wreaking havoc on the world. When small-town librarian Patton Harcourt comes under fire one morning ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsArmy / France / non-fiction / War / Military / World War IINo Comments
The fateful days surrounding June 6th, 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of the Second World War, but less attention has been paid to the tremendous impact of these events on the populations nearby. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy tells the inspiring yet heartbreaking story of ordinary people who ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsastronaut / health / non-fiction / Roscosmos / science / spaceNo Comments
What happens in space that causes the body to change? Learn about life in space from astronauts Is the human body built for Mars? NASA’s studies on the International Space Station show we need to fix a few things before sending people to the Red Planet. Astronauts go into space ... more >