Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAmerican historical / American Indians / cartoons / cats / cinderella / Contemporary / dogs / Firefighter / Historical / Historical fiction / Late Victorian / middle grade / novella / older heroine and hero7 Comments
Here I go down to the end (again) reading 2016 releases like mad for my Best of List. Looking back at my reading list I had a pretty good year. I have lots of B grades and many B+ but this year I had enough A grades that I decided ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / American historical / American Revolutionary War / Historical2 Comments
Manhattan and the Hudson River Valley, 1778. The British control Manhattan, the Rebels hold West Point, and the Dutch patroons reign in feudal splendor over their vast Hudson River Valley estates. But the roads are ruled by highwaymen. Gerrit Van Haren, the dispossessed heir of Harenwyck, is determined to reclaim ... more >
Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Listsbest books list / Best of 2015 / Reading lists / top ten lists12 Comments
I tried to be more organized this year about my reading so I have a lot of 2015 books I managed to finish and a windfall that made my best of list. Here’s the cream of the crop in no particular order. Why yes, yes it is more than ten ... more >
B- Reviewsactress / American Revolutionary War / Historical / spy7 Comments
British Occupied Manhattan, 1777. American actress Jennifer Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater with her witty comedies, but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage. When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city, fresh from a recent success in the ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / American historical / American Revolution / theater / War / Military12 Comments
British Occupied Manhattan, 1777. With her witty comedies, American actress Jennifer Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater, but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage. When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city, fresh from a recent success on the ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / American Revolution / Historical / Penguin / war20 Comments
“In the year of 1777 in rural Pennsylvania, Quaker Kate Grey is powerfully drawn to British officer Peter Tremayne. But when Kate’s “Aunt Angela”, a master spy posing as a Quaker, steals his military documents, he is disgraced and run out of town. With the support of Peter’s dissolute cousin, ... more >