July 12, 2019

REVIEW: The Hidden Heart by Laura Kinsale

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviewshistorical romance / shipboard / South America / Tahiti / tortured hero8 Comments

I’ve been rereading and reviewing Kinsale’s backlist for the past several years. (I’m only now halfway through! Man, I’m a slow reader). My Sweet Folly was already on my Kindle, ready to go. But I was feeling stressed by life and needed a treat and so decided to acquire the ... more >

July 4, 2019

Reading List by Jennie for May and June

JennieBook ReviewsHistorical fiction / historical romance / History / Memoirs / non-fiction / Reading lists / Suspense / WWII8 Comments

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown When this book was published in 1970, it was hailed as one of the first books to chronicle the destruction of the American Indian tribes in the midwest and western United State solely from the American Indian perspective. As such, it’s ... more >

May 15, 2019

Jennie’s Reading List for March and April

JennieBook ReviewsBiography / Fiction / historical romance / mystery / non-fiction / Reading lists / Thriller/Suspense5 Comments

The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman I’ve been on a pop history kick after the two Jennifer Wright books I recently read, so I picked up this book. It was only after I bought it that I realized ... more >

April 15, 2019

REVIEW: Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale

JennieA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAcross the Tracks Romance / disabled hero / historical romance / Quakers29 Comments

My impromptu reread and review of Laura Kinsale romances continues with this, which I think might be her sixth (or seventh? somewhere in the middle of the pack) book. In any case, it has the distinction of having once been my favorite romance ever. I still have, in my decades-old ... more >

April 1, 2019

Reading List by Jennie for December through February

JennieBook ReviewsEssays / Fiction / historical mystery / historical romance / Memoir / mystery/thriller / Reading lists / Suspense Fiction8 Comments

Read and reviewed: Game On, Ruth, Midsummer Moon   The Lover’s Knot by Erin Satie This was reviewed by Jane back in 2014. I agree with her point about the nature of the heroine’s memory issue being fuzzy – it actually took me a while to understand that Sophie even had an ... more >

March 7, 2019

REVIEW: Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell

JennieA- Reviews / Recommended Reads19th Century British literature / classic literature / fallen woman8 Comments

I was first turned onto Gaskell’s work not in print but by the miniseries version of North and South, which I love. I also watched and adored the PBS adaption of Cranford, a very different kind of story. I eventually read both books and liked them each quite well. Still, ... more >