Book Reviews / C ReviewsCon / Contemporary / family relationships / farce / humorous / Italy / Movie / movie-star / older MCs / Small-Town6 Comments
The self-appointed mayor of a tiny Italian village is determined to save his hometown no matter the cost in this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming debut novel. Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212) Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with 70,000 euros to ... more >
Book Reviews / D Reviewsbusiness / Contemporary / dog / dysfunctional family / female friendship / insta love / Italy / London / opposites attract8 Comments
Call Ava romantic, but she thinks love should be found in the real world, not on apps that filter men by height, job, or astrological sign. She believes in feelings, not algorithms. So after a recent breakup and dating app debacle, she decides to put love on hold and escapes ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAustria / Biography / England / epistolary / Italy / military hero / non-fiction / Post WWII / teacher3 Comments
Ronnie and Hilda Williams met by chance aged 21 in Lancashire in November 1945, when Ronnie was home on his first leave after fighting in some of the most bitter campaigns of the Second World War in Italy. With the uncertainty of the future and Ronnie’s obligation to return to ... more >
Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / African American / Alpha & Omega / Asperger's / Best of 2018 / best of list / California / class-difference / Contemporary / Doctor / Eastern Europe / econometrician / escort / Fantasy / India / Italy / journalist / LGBTQIA characters / magic users / moneylender / monsters / Native Americans / Ocean changelings / Paranormal / POC / police / Psy-Changeling Series / queen / Rivers of London / The Founders Trilogy / thief / turn of the century / Urban-Fantasy / Washington DC / werewolves15 Comments
I love end-of-year reading lists so I hope our readers share their own favorite books of 2018 in the comments. Here are the 2018 releases I enjoyed most: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik’s fantasy novel is the story of three young women’s quest for empowerment — a Jewish ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Christmas / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / doctor hero / holiday novella / Italy / novella / Regency / Venice / widower3 Comments
Venice 1818 Lady Charlotte clings to one dream—to see the splendor of Rome before settling for life as the spinster sister of an earl. But now her feckless brother forces her to wait again, stranded in Venice when he falls ill, halfway to the place of her dreams. She finds ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / class differences / England / Historical / Italy / Oxford / Regency / Satire / scholar9 Comments
Thomas Adam, junior Fellow of St. Columb’s College at Oxford University, is one of countless English travellers crossing the channel to explore the reopened Continent after the Napoleonic wars. With Boney imprisoned, there is no time like the present to experience French wine and the Italian countryside — at least, ... more >