B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / Artists / chemistry / England / First-Person / France / Historical / religion4 Comments
In eighteenth century England, porcelain is the most seductive of commodities. In eighteenth century London, porcelain is the most seductive of commodities; fortunes are made and lost upon it. Kings do battle with knights and knaves for possession of the finest pieces and the secrets of their manufacture. For Genevieve ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / autobiography / cats / dogs / First-Person / horses / non-fiction / veterinarianComments Off on REVIEW: Drinking from the Trough by Mary E. Carlson, DVM
Mary Carlson didn’t start out to become a veterinarian, let alone the owner and caretaker of cats (many), dogs (two, both huskies), and horses (some with manners, some without) in Colorado. She was a suburban Chicago girl; all she knew of the American West came from the stories her uncle, ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / family relationships / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / Private-investigatorComments Off on REVIEW: Pandora’s Boy by Lindsey Davis
A suspicious death and subsequent murder send Flavia Albia down a twisted path to expose corruption and betrayal in Lindsey Davis’s next historical mystery. First century Rome is not the quiet, orderly city that it pretends to be and in this environment, a very clever private informer can thrive. Flavia ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / journalism / London / War / Military / World War II9 Comments
An irresistible debut set in London during World War II about an adventurous young woman who becomes a secret advice columnist— a warm, funny, and enormously moving story for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Lilac Girls. London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsFirst-Person / mental health / mental illness / YA / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: The Museum of Us by Tara Wilson Redd
Secrets are con artists: they trick you into letting them out. Sadie loves her rocker boyfriend Henry and her running partner and best friend Lucie, but no one can measure up to her truest love and hero, the dazzling and passionate George. George, her secret. When something goes wrong and ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / Historical / Private-investigatorComments Off on REVIEW: The Third Nero by Lindsey Davis
In 90 A.D., following the Saturninus revolt in Germany, the Emperor Domitian has become more paranoid about traitors and dissenters around him. This leads to several senators and even provincial governors facing charges and being executed for supposed crimes of conspiracy and insulting the emperor. Wanting to root out all ... more >
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