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 Reviewsancient-Rome / Historical / Historical fiction / Rome1 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 / Book Reviewsfootball / Historical / Historical fiction / Sports / Womens-Fiction / World War IIComments Off on REVIEW: When the Men Were Gone by Marjorie Herrera Lewis
Autumn: 1944: For the folks of Brownwood, Texas, the only thing more important than winning the war is—football! It’s a man’s game, until now… Football is the heartbeat of Brownwood, Texas. Every Friday night for as long as assistant principal Tylene Wilson can remember, the entire town has gathered in ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArgentina / Historical fiction / World War 22 Comments
Dear Ellen Keith: We often ask ourselves, what would I do if I lived in a period of horror like the Holocaust? Would I save people? Would I be like Captain America or Oskar Schindler? Am I a Good Person? Most of like us to think this. It comforts us, ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsBelgium / England / Germany / Historical / Historical fiction / post WWI / reconciliation / veterans / widow / Womens-Fiction / World War IComments Off on REVIEW: In Love and War by Liz Trenow
In the summer of 1919, British Ruby is mourning her beloved husband Bertie, missing since 1916. His grief-stricken parents ask one last task of her: travel to the Belgian battlefields to find Bertie’s grave, and with it the peace that will come with knowing his final resting place. Alice, an ... 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 >
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