B Reviews / Book ReviewsAustralian / British / friendship / medium / non-fiction / prison / prisoner of war / psychology / science / spiritualism / Turkey / War / Military / World War I2 Comments
The astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time. Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews1910s / ableism / Belgium / class differences / dependency / disability / England / historical m/m romance / non agency / post WWI / traumatic-past / veterans / World War I3 Comments
A tender and triumphant story of forbidden love in the aftermath of war. When Captain Ashleigh Arthur Dalton went to war in 1914, he never expected to fall in love. Yet over three long years at the front, his dashing batman, Private West, became his reason for fighting—and his reason ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1910s / Baba Yaga / Dark Fantasy / fairy tale / friendship / Historical Fantasy / quest / Russia / teens / Witches / World War I / YA fantasy / YA romance / Young-Adult3 Comments
It’s 1919, but in Edenfall, Pennsylvania, the Great War is not over — not for Vasilisa, at least. Papa is presumed dead, Mama is being courted by an absolute ogre, and now Babka, her beloved grandma, has had a bad spell. Or has she fallen under one? Only the Old ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / family relationships / Germany / pre-WWII / World War I / World War IINo Comments
A son makes a devastating choice. Franz von Heiden, son of a Nazi official and an English mother, comes to England early in 1938 to visit his English cousins – and to study them. He is both accepted and entertained by Wynne Braithwaite’s family and friends. But the peace and ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / autistic character / autobiography / bookseller / Canada / Cancer / cartoons / cats / class differences / Contemporary / death / enemies to lovers / England / epistolary / family relationships / First-Person / France / friends-to-lovers / Historical / Humor / immigrant fiction / mathematics / medieval / New York City / non-fiction / pilot / POC / POC author / PTSD / servant romance / Vietnam / Wales / War / Military / Womens-Fiction / World War I / World War II9 Comments
This year I didn’t have as many A reads as I did last year but these B+ books are strong ones that almost made it. My list ranges from historical to contemporary, has fiction and non-fiction, and even a picture book of cats. In kinda, sorta chronological order in which ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCanada / Christmas / France / Historical / military hero / War / Military / Widowed Heroine / World War I7 Comments
When the Great War is over, will their love be enough? After two years at the mercy of the Canadian Expeditionary force and the German war machine, Harry ran out of metaphors for death, synonyms for brown, and images of darkness. When he encounters color among the floating islands of ... more >