B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / design / fashion designer / fashion-industry / Florian series / Model / Paris1 Comments
Yes, I’m reposting this review I originally did in early 2017 because – yippee! – Endeavour Press has now released this book. I think the earlier one was a bootleg edition but this one is legit. And I actually like this cover too, so bonus! “Just pretend that the man ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsDoctor / medical research / medicine / non-fictionNo Comments
A gifted surgeon illuminates one of the most profound, awe-inspiring, and deeply affecting achievements of modern day medicine—the movement of organs between bodies—in this exceptional work of death and life that takes its place besides Atul Gawande’s Complications, Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Emperor of All Maladies, and Jerome Groopman’s How Doctors ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsGreat Patriotic War / Historical fiction / Siege of Leningrad9 Comments
During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Diary / dual-timeline / England / paramedic / post WWI / PTSD / War / Military / World War I1 Comments
Once upon a time I would have trusted him with my life, but the Alfie I fell in love with seems to have disappeared, and I’m afraid I’ll never find him again. 1918 – As victory bells sound across London, Rose Barker waits for her darling husband Alfie to come ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / Historical / Historical fiction / RomeNo Comments
Dear Ms. George, The Splendor Before the Dark is your epic sequel to The Confessions of Young Nero, which I reviewed previously. I found it to be a touching, beautiful, sweeping story; and, like Confessions, it is very long—581 pages in the print version. I commend you for your heroic ... more >
B Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / composing / England / family relationships / music / Opera Singer / Warrender SagaNo Comments
Difficulties were meant to be overcome… Little did Amanda realize the full meaning of Jerome Leydon’s words, although she had taken the famous composer’s advice and sought lessons from the gifted Dr. Lewis Elsworth. Lewis had been patiently training her voice for several years. But Jerome wanted instant success for ... more >
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